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Conflict of Interest and Medical Microcelebrities

April 15, 2017 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

Should individuals with access to health consumers be obligated to disclose conflict of interest? Yes. But it’s far from the standard of care. It used to be that the only people with influence were doctors. As a consequence, doctors are held to a high standard. Now if I eat a Pfizer-sponsored doughnut at grand rounds it's becomes part of the public record. Which ... Continue Reading about Conflict of Interest and Medical Microcelebrities

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Medical Microcelebrity

May 1, 2013 By Bryan Vartabedian · Reading Time: < 1 minute

I like to look beyond the confines of medicine in order to understand medicine.  And I happen to follow a handful of sociologists who bring me things that get me there.  Today I stumbled upon "Not This One":  Social Movements, the Attention Economy, and Microcelebrity Networked Activism by Zeynep Turfekci.  The paper explores a new dynamic borne of the networked age: ... Continue Reading about Medical Microcelebrity

Tagged With: microcelebrity, Social media

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