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Healthy Skepticism Library item: 1232

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Publication type: Journal Article

Cathebras P.
[Doctor Knock lives at Wall Street. The new targets of pharmaceutical industry]
Rev Med Interne 2003 Aug; 24:(8):538-41


Abstract:

INTRODUCTION: The aim of this paper is to inform clinicians about some new commercial practices of the pharmaceutical industry. EXEGESIS: Drug promotion nowadays involves sophisticated marketing strategies, in which the prescribing physician is not necessarily a central actor. Pharmaceutical advertising is more and more directed towards the general public (consumers), contributes to define and popularise disease categories, and encourages the medicalisation of everyday life. CONCLUSION: Doctors should be aware of the consequences of these new commercial strategies.

Keywords:
Advertising* Consumer Participation* Drug Industry* English Abstract Humans Mass Media Physician's Role* Public Opinion

 

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