Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3554

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Publication type: Journal Article

Kaufman JL.
Profligate medical marketing.
N Engl J Med 1988 Aug 25; 319:(8):522

Abstract:

In times when physicians’ incomes are under attack as extravagant and when hospital services are being trimmed under the guise of cost containment, it appears that the marketing of medical supplies knows no bounds.

Keywords:
*letter to the editor/United States/ convention exhibits/ conferences/ corporate funding/gift giving/ETHICAL ISSUES IN PROMOTION: GIFT GIVING/PROMOTION DISGUISED: CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS/PROMOTIONAL TECHNIQUES: CONFERENCE EXHIBITS Advertising/trends* Equipment and Supplies* United States