A comparison of physicians' and patients' attitudes toward pharmaceutical industry gifts

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 151-154

  Gibbons, Robert V ^a,c,d   Landry, Frank J ^a,c   Blouch, Denise L ^a   Jones, David L ^a   Williams, Frederick K ^b   Lucey, Catherine R ^b   Kroenke, Kurt ^a,c  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIFORMED SERVICES UNIVERSITY OF THE HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^d MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gifts; Pharmaceutical industry; Pharmaceutical marketing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; REWARD;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENTS; PHYSICIANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 0031909583     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00048.x     Document Type: Article

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