| Title |
Interactions between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry: what does the literature say?
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Canadian Medical Association Journal, November 1993
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| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
J Lexchin |
| Abstract |
To determine the effect of three types of interaction between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry--company-funded clinical trials, company-sponsored continuing medical education (CME) and information for physicians supplied by pharmaceutical detailers--on orientation and quality of clinical trials, content of CME courses and physicians' prescribing behaviour. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Canada | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1% |
| Malaysia | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| India | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Canada | 1 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 130 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 27 | 19% |
| Researcher | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 10 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
| Other | 32 | 23% |
| Unknown | 34 | 24% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 33% |
| Social Sciences | 13 | 9% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 11 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 3% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 3% |
| Other | 21 | 15% |
| Unknown | 40 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
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