Survey of pharmaceutical promotion in a family medicine training program.
Some researchers have shown that advertising by the pharmaceutical industry has a significant impact on the prescribing habits of physicians. Promotional material invades the practice of physicians in many guises, including journal advertisements, drug samples, clinical symposia sponsored by drug manufacturers, and the ever-diligent detail person. The author analyzed the prevalence of drug advertising, and found that promotional material was present in all the offices and examining rooms of clinicians in a Canadian family practice teaching centre. On average, 10.5 promotional items were present in each individual patient care area and almost 750 items were found in each physician's office.
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