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No Cupcakes? Are You Kidding Me?

By John M. Grohol, PsyD
Founder & Editor-in-Chief

At first, I thought John Mack’s recent lengthy rant (in two parts, no less) about a pharma company not providing cupcakes to patients was a joke… Something along the lines of sarcasm or parody, I wasn’t sure. But after reading the post (and the original post), I think Mack is serious.

I’m sorry, but maybe he missed the part where pharmaceutical companies already spend millions of dollars every year in free drug programs and free samples? I think it’s far more important, and life-altering, that drug companies provide patients with free drug programs and free drug samples (via doctors) than free cupcakes.

I mean, really, you’re writing thousands of words about cupcakes? If this is what the medical blogosphere considers “important,” it must be a real slow news week.


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    Last reviewed: By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on 31 May 2007
    Published on PsychCentral.com. All rights reserved.

APA Reference
Grohol, J. (2007). No Cupcakes? Are You Kidding Me?. Psych Central. Retrieved on May 25, 2012, from http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2007/05/31/no-cupcakes-are-you-kidding-me/

 

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