Medical Journals Are an Extension of the Marketing Arm of Pharmaceutical Companies
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- 17 May 2005
- journal article
- Published by Public Library of Science (PLoS) in PLoS Medicine
- Vol. 2 (5), e138
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.0020138
Abstract
Medical journals have become dependent on the pharmaceutical industry for their survival, which can have a corrupting influence on their content, argues Smith, the former editor of the BMJ.Keywords
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