Attendees' perceptions of commercial influence in noncommercially funded CME programs

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 205-211

  Goldfarb, Elizabeth ^a   Baer, Lee ^a   Fromson, John A ^a,b   Gorrindo, Tristan ^a,b   Iodice, Kristin E ^a   Birnbaum, Robert J ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Attendee perception; Commercial bias; Continuing medical education; Funding

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

COMMERCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HUMANS;

EID: 84866754683     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/chp.21146     Document Type: Article

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