Doctors, drugs, information and ethics: A never-ending story

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 183, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 73-74

  Ruff, Tilman A ^a   Haikal Mukhtar, Hadia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VACCINE;

ACCREDITATION; ADVERTIZING; AUSTRALIA; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG RESEARCH; EDITORIAL; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; POLITICS; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 23044440081     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2005.tb06926.x     Document Type: Editorial

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