Hippocrates is turning over in his grave

No matter where you turn, at least once a month you read another example of the increasing abandonment of medical ethics. In December Marcia Angell summarized many of the worst examples. A lot of these examples concern publication in medical journals, which is considered to be good for sales. Most of the problems here stemmed from authors not disclosing ties to pharmaceutical and other medical companies. Now we learn that there are companies that will actually write the article for the doctor. The companies come up with the idea, produce the outline and produce the article. The doctor signs his name.