Letter

Why I love a free lunch

Free lunches are not the answer

BMJ 2008; 336 doi: 10.1136/bmj.39568.498125.80 (Published 8 May 2008)
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:1034.3

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  1. Brett D Montgomery, clinical senior lecturer
  1. 1Discipline of General Practice, School of Primary, Aboriginal and Rural Health Care (SPARHC) University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia
  1. brett{at}multiline.com.au

    I share Dr Patel’s concerns about doctors’ continuing education and the quality of hospital food.1 However, I disagree that “free” lunches are the best solution to either of these problems.

    No clinician can be expected to follow the progress of experimental drugs in hundreds of journals. That is why we have independent sources …

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