Building legitimacy by criticising the pharmaceutical industry: a qualitative study among prescribers and local opinion leaders

PRINCIPLES: The literature has described opinion leaders not only as marketing tools of the pharmaceutical industry, but also as educators promoting good clinical practice. This qualitative study addresses the distinction between the opinion-leader-as-marketing-tool and the opinion-leader-as-educa...

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Main Authors: Anne-Laure Pittet, Michael Saraga, Friedrich Stiefel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SMW supporting association (Trägerverein Swiss Medical Weekly SMW) 2015-11-01
Series:Swiss Medical Weekly
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Online Access:https://www.smw.ch/index.php/smw/article/view/2110