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...FTC seems to be saying when it talks about fair trade that it would benefit the public for any doctor who wants to take our hearts to be allowed to do so," he said
...Arnold S. Relman, Professor of Medicine, said yesterday that competitive and commercial advertising "would put an entrepreneur cast on medicine that it should not have," in reference to a recent Federal Trade Commission (FTC) ruling which removes American Medical Association (AMA) restrictions on advertisement by physicians...
...five-member FTC must review the ruling before it becomes final. The AMA plans to appeal the decision...
...FTC would not be so aggressive in its behavior toward organized medicine if organized medicine had been more sensitive to the public," he added...
Hunter said that the "most shocking and pervasive attack on professionalism" in the ruling is a provision which requires the AMA to obtain FTC approval in setting ethical guidelines for doctors' advertising...