Healthy Skepticism Library item: 4062

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Publication type: Journal Article

Gorski TN.
Doctors, drug companies, and gifts
JAMA 1990; 263:2177

Abstract:

There is no evidence that physicians will be influenced by small gifts from drug companies and won’t prescribe drugs on the strength of an advertisement alone.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/quality of prescribing/gift giving/doctors/ consumer drug prices/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE