One of my parents is a doctor, and I grew up getting a amazing front-row baseball seats courtesy of pharmaceutical sales representatives.  Not to mention dinners out at nice restaurants when I tagged along to medical conferences.<p>I thought that practice was forbidden, but perhaps not: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC2811591&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov&#x2F;pmc&#x2F;articles&#x2F;PMC2811591&#x2F;</a>