Healthy Skepticism Library item: 661

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Publication type: Journal Article

Rapoport D.
Physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: under the influence?
CMAJ 1995 Jan 1; 152:(1):15

Keywords:
*letter to the editor Canada gift giving relationship between medical profession and industry ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE

Notes:

The author details the ways in which he interacts with the pharmaceutical industry (e.g., wall posters in his office, free samples of drugs, coffee mugs, etc.) and concludes that he has been influenced.