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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Faculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)
2008-01-01
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| author | Marisa Palácios Sergio Rego Maria Helena Lino David Eliff |
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| description | 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 and advertising in medical teaching environments. It concludes that self-regulation of drug advertising is not justified and that there is sufficient evidence showing how the power of the pharmaceutical industry is capable of influencing decisions made within the physician-patient relationship, in which promotion and advertising are among the tools used. This paper advocates complete prohibition of drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments, and the incorporation of this issue in students' education. Given that the current legislation permits advertising of prescription drugs only to physicians and pharmacists, it is emphasized that such advertising is illegal when it reaches medical and pharmacy students. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc1ba1031041489ebbe642828752f7ff2022-12-22T00:41:06ZengFaculdade de Medicina de Botucatu (Unesp)Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação1414-32832008-01-014seS1414-32832008000100026Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debateMarisa PaláciosSergio RegoMaria Helena Lino0David EliffNational School of Public HealthThe 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 and advertising in medical teaching environments. It concludes that self-regulation of drug advertising is not justified and that there is sufficient evidence showing how the power of the pharmaceutical industry is capable of influencing decisions made within the physician-patient relationship, in which promotion and advertising are among the tools used. This paper advocates complete prohibition of drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments, and the incorporation of this issue in students' education. Given that the current legislation permits advertising of prescription drugs only to physicians and pharmacists, it is emphasized that such advertising is illegal when it reaches medical and pharmacy students.http://socialsciences.scielo.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1414-32832008000100026&lng=en&tlng=enÉticaPropagandaMercadeoConflicto de interesesEstudiantes de MedicinaEducación médica |
| spellingShingle | Marisa Palácios Sergio Rego Maria Helena Lino David Eliff Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate Interface: Comunicação, Saúde, Educação Ética Propaganda Mercadeo Conflicto de intereses Estudiantes de Medicina Educación médica |
| title | Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate |
| title_full | Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate |
| title_fullStr | Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate |
| title_full_unstemmed | Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate |
| title_short | Drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments: elements for debate |
| title_sort | drug promotion and advertising in teaching environments elements for debate |
| topic | Ética Propaganda Mercadeo Conflicto de intereses Estudiantes de Medicina Educación médica |
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