Healthy Skepticism Library item: 9580
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Publication type: Journal Article
Fay JT.
Seeking self-reliance
Wholesale Drugs Magazine 1988 Apr-May; 40:14
Abstract:
The increasing trend toward consumer self-care and self-medication is briefly discussed and the advantages in decreased health care costs are outlined; the use of advertising by the pharmaceutical industry to promote prescription drugs to the consumer is also considered.