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. 2008 Feb 23;336(7641):416-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.39496.430336.DB.

Doctors' education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship

Ray Moynihan  1
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Doctors' education: the invisible influence of drug company sponsorship

Ray Moynihan. BMJ. .

Abstract

As calls to end drug companies’ direct sponsorship of doctors’ education echo round the world, an investigation in Australia reveals sponsor involvement in the education of thousands of general practitioners, writes Ray Moynihan

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