Intended for healthcare professionals

Rapid response to:

Feature

Doctors’ education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship

BMJ 2008; 336 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39496.430336.DB (Published 21 February 2008) Cite this as: BMJ 2008;336:416

Rapid Response:

free lunches

in usa perhaps there may be no free lunches but in a country like india where social-cultural beliefs are significant there have to be free lunches.lunch is only an incentive , it is a small thing. one is not asking for a BMW car, only a lunch. the output of the lunch is for all to see-education which ultimately transfers into good patient care.

Competing interests: None declared

Competing interests: No competing interests

28 February 2008
dr vikram vinayek
consultant
private sector