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#COI #CDoH #MotivatedBias #DisclosureIsNotEnough

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Tell me you don't understand #MotivatedBias without telling me you don't understand #MotivatedBias

The Shadows of Sunlight: Why Disclosure Should Not Be a Priority in Addressing Conflicts of Interest Abstract. This article argues that positioning disclosure as a primary remedy in addressing the ethical problems posed by conflicts of interest (‘COIs’) in

But this is one reason we should not be distracted by the shiny objects that have never been shown to be effective as a remedy for COIs and #MotivatedBias (i.e., disclosure). We need to spend our time and energy on the hard cases of sequestration.

Full argument here:

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If you're interested, I have multiple publications on COIs you can check out, and chapter 4 of the forthcoming book is literally all about the role of COIs and #MotivatedBias in the #ManufactureOfDoubt.

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So to me what's happening on the USSCT right now feels like an intensified reflection of our warped conceptions regarding our own propensities for #MotivatedBias and the fairy tales we tell ourselves about its effects and how to avoid or minimize them.

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The extent to which people whose professional lives depend on following the evidence continually refuse to examine or grapple with the implications of the evidence on #MotivatedBias. There's soooo much magical thinking in this space in general in our society, that we can disclose, that we can

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I'm inexpert on legal or judicial ethics, but I am extremely very much a content expert on #ConflictsOfInterest and #MotivatedBias & what I continue to find amazing is the willful ignorance otherwise sophisticated actors engage in re the ways in which our relationships motivate us to be biased.

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Opioid promotion in Canada: A narrative review
by Dr Joel Lexchin
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#CDoH #conflictofinterest #motivatedbias #bioethics

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Respectfully, and speaking as a COI and #MotivatedBias expert, no. There are not good arguments for this practice.