Direct-to-consumer print ads for drugs: Do they undermine the physician-patient relationship?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1049-1057

  Cline, Rebecca J Welch ^a,c   Young, Henry N ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c Hudson Webber Cancer Research Center   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION;

ADVERTISING; COMMUNICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; HUMANS; PERIODICALS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS;

EID: 30944455683     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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