Healthy Skepticism Library item: 660

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Publication type: Journal Article

Rapoport D.
Under the influence of the pharmaceutical industry? Kick the habit.
CMAJ 1995; 152:1043

Keywords:
*letter to the editor Canada consumer drug prices sponsored symposia & conferences continuing medical education controlled circulation journals promotional literature ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS PROMOTION DISGUISED: JOURNAL SUPPLEMENTS, CONTROLLED CIRCULATION JOURNALS AND NEWSLETTERS PROMOTION DISGUISED: PHYSICIAN EDUCATION MATERIAL AND GUIDELINES PROMOTION DISGUISED: SUPPORT FOR CME

Notes:

The author lists all of the different sponsored continuing medical education activities and all of the medical journals, sponsored and unsponsored, that he is exposed to. He concludes that the pharmaceutical industry should find less costly ways to promote its products and pass the savings on in the form of less costly drugs.