Persuasion and types of enticements offered by pharmaceutical companies to Gold Coast general practitioners in an attempt to encourage a health website recommendation

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-105

  Usher, Wayne ^a   Skinner, James ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Community health care; Informatics and information systems; Information needs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 73149110560     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: 13652524     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2524.2009.00879.x     Document Type: Article

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