Disease mongering is now part of the global health debate

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 0684-0686

  Moynihan, Ray ^a   Doran, Evan ^a   Henry, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREGABALIN; ROPINIROLE;

DISEASE MONGERING; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; FIBROMYALGIA; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PRESCRIPTION; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLISHING; RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME; REVIEW; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PUBLIC OPINION;

CONGRESSES AS TOPIC; CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MARKETING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC OPINION; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 44449144421     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050106     Document Type: Review

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