Pharmaceutical marketing to medical students: The student perspective

McGill Journal of Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 21-27

  Barfett, Joseph ^a   Lanting, Brent ^a   Lee, Julian ^b,c   Lee, Michael ^a,d   Ng, Victor ^a,e   Simkhovitch, Peter ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UWO ^*  (Canada)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gifts; Marketing; Medical students; Pharmaceutical industry; Promotion

Indexed keywords

UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PARENT; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRESCRIPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 13444263311     PISSN: 1201026X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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