Open AccessUnderstanding the “Conflict of Interest
Author(s) -
Vandana Dhingra
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of current medical research and opinion
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2589-8779
pISSN - 2589-8760
DOI - 10.15520/jcmro.v4i05.417
Subject(s) - judgement , conflict of interest , set (abstract data type) , public interest , psychology , interest rate , public relations , political science , finance , business , law , computer science , programming language
According to Wikipedia, ‘Çonflict of interest’ is a set of circumstances that creates a risk that professional judgement or actions regarding a primary interest will be unduly influenced by a secondary interest' [1]. It may be broadly described as conditions which may influence one’s judgement in a situation (primary interest) for some other gain (secondary interest), this may be financial or non-financial . It is of importance to understand that having a secondary gain is not wrong but these gains should not be illegal. This pertains to delivery of patient care, teaching and research in the medical profession.