Medicalisation: Merging of marketing and medical science: Female sexual dysfunction

BMJ (Online)

Volumn 341, Issue 7775, 2010, Pages 698-700

  Moynihan, Ray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AWARENESS; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MARKETING; FEMALE SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION; FUNDING; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW;

EID: 77957354077     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.c5050     Document Type: Review

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