Healthy Skepticism Library item: 16024

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Publication type: Journal Article

Lexchin J.
CJEM and pharmaceutical advertisements: it’s time for an end
CJEM 2009; 11:(4):375-9
http://www.cjem-online.ca/v11/n4/p375

Abstract:

In light of the biases in journal advertisements, the possible negative effects that they may have on doctors’
prescribing habits, their contribution to rising drug costs and the potential threat that they pose to the independence
of medical societies, CJEM should refuse all advertisements for pharmaceutical products. Can the Canadian Association of
Emergency Physicians (CAEP), which owns CJEM, take this step and survive financially?