Time for the medical profession to act: New policies needed now on interactions between pharmaceutical companies and physicians

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 829-831

  Greenland, Philip ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; EDITORIAL; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; DRUG INDUSTRY; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE;

EID: 66149083185     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.72     Document Type: Editorial

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