Medical trade association: Difference between revisions

← Older edit Newer edit →

@@ Line 48: / Line 48: @@
 == Medical trade association statements regarding medical care ==
-Medical trade associations occasionally issue an opinion statement regarding medical care offered by their speciality. The public should be aware that the medical trade associations first duty is to protect and improve the income stream of its membership. This frequently creates a conflict of interest between the best interests of the patient and the best interests of the member doctors.
+Medical trade associations usually issue an opinion statement regarding medical care offered by their speciality. The public should be aware that the medical trade association's first duty is to protect and improve the income stream of its membership. This frequently creates a conflict of interest between the best interests of the patient and the best interests of the member doctors.
-Such statements may exhibit considerable [[bias]] toward protection of physician income.<ref name="hill2017" />
+Such statements are likely to exhibit considerable [[bias]] toward protection of physician income.<ref name="hill2017" />
 == Statements regarding male circumcision ==