Patients' awareness of and attitudes toward gifts from pharmaceutical companies to physicians

International Journal of Health Services

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 405-414

  Jastifer, James ^a   Roberts, Sarah ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG; GUIDELINE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEALTH WORKER; PERCEPTION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PUBLIC ATTITUDE; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSICIAN; PUBLIC OPINION; SELF REPORT; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; ECONOMICS; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; UNITED STATES;

ALGER COUNTY; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

PRESCRIPTION DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; GIFT GIVING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049114449     PISSN: 00207314     EISSN: 15414469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/HS.39.2.j     Document Type: Article

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