They Know How to Work It, That's Their Focus in Life: The Complex Role of Industry Representatives in Surgical Innovation

Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics : JERHRE
Jane Johnson, Katrina Hutchison

Abstract

Relationships between health care providers and industry can generate conflicts of interest with their attendant harms. However, the types of relationships that involve conflicts of interest have often been understood narrowly as material ones between individual clinicians and industry. In research we undertook with surgical teams, we found the role of industry representatives has become normalized in the context of surgical innovation. In this article, we report the findings of our study and unpack the features of both surgery and innovation which contribute to the scope and normalization of industry involvement. We argue that these relationships generate significant ethical challenges and conclude by commenting on how our conceptualization of the situation might inform change.

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