Healthy Skepticism Library item: 3097
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Publication type: Journal Article
The influence of drug advertisements.
Lancet. 1982 Dec 4; 2:(8310):1257-8
Abstract:
Doctors should give advertisements their due weight in the context of information from other sources. More emphasis on clinical pharmacology at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels would assist doctors in this regard.
Keywords:
*editorial/doctors/medical education/quality of prescribing/ATTITUDES REGARDING PROMOTION: HEALTH PROFESSIONALS/INFLUENCE OF PROMOTION: PRESCRIBING, DRUG USE
Advertising*/standards
Drug Industry*
Great Britain