Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate

The pharmaceutical industry uses advertising to promote its products. Controlled drugs can only be advertised to professionals who are licensed to prescribe or dispense them. This paper makes an extensive review of scientific articles that discuss the ethical and legal implications of drug promotion...

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Main Authors: Marisa Palácios, Sergio Rego, Maria Helena Lino, David Eliff
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp) 2008-01-01
Series:Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação
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Online Access:http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832008000100026&lng=en&tlng=en