Wound care management is one of the largest segments of the UK medical technology
sector with a turnover exceeding£ 1bn in 2009 (BIS, 2010). Using data derived from …

Background Prescribing is a core activity for general practitioners, yet significant variation in
the quality of prescribing has been reported. This suggests there may be room for …

Objective. To examine the extent and composition of pharmaceutical industry
representatives' marketing techniques with a particular focus on drug sampling in relation to …

Patients increasingly request their physicians to prescribe specific brands of pharmaceutical
drugs. A popular belief is that requests are triggered by direct-to-consumer advertising …

Introduction The New Zealand Medicinal Cannabis Scheme (NZMCS) was established in
April 2020 with the aim of expanding access to quality controlled medicinal cannabis …

Objectives: To examine the frequency of pharmaceutical company representative (PCR)
interactions with doctors in Libya and review possible associations between these …

Background Extant research suggests that there is a strong social component to Evidence-
Based Medicine (EBM) adoption since professional networks amongst physicians are …

Background The SENATOR trial intervention included the provision of computer-generated
medication recommendations to physician prescribers caring for hospitalised older adults …

Background Levels of antidepressant prescribing have dramatically increased in Western
countries in the last two decades. Aim To explore GPs' views about, and explanations for …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine reported literature on the influence of
medical representatives (MRs) and other promotional tools on drug prescribing behaviour …