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The Strange Case of Dr. B and Mr. Hide: Ethical Sensitivity as a Means to Reflect Upon One’s Actions in Managing Conflict of Interest

Comment on “Toward a Sociology of Conflict of Interest in Medical Research” by Sarah Winch and Michael Sinnott

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The author would like to thank Bryn Williams-Jones for helpful comments on this manuscript. Many of the ideas here have benefited from ongoing critique and discussion with the Conflict of Interest Research Group (conflict-of-interest.net) at the Université de Montréal. Potvin was supported by scholarships from the Centre de recherche en éthique de l’Université de Montréal (CREUM) and the Faculty of Medicine. This research was supported by grants to Williams-Jones from the Quebec Fonds de recherche sur la société et la culture (FQRSC) and the Ethics Office of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

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The original article by Sarah Winch and Michael Sinnott, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 8(4): 389–391, can be located at DOI 10.1007/s11673-011-9332-0.

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Potvin, MJ. The Strange Case of Dr. B and Mr. Hide: Ethical Sensitivity as a Means to Reflect Upon One’s Actions in Managing Conflict of Interest. Bioethical Inquiry 9, 225–227 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-012-9360-4

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