Direct-to-consumer advertising (DTCA) of prescription drugs has remained controversial
since regulations were liberalized by the Food and Drug Administration in 1997. We …

Although the public health impact of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical advertising
remains a subject of great controversy, such promotion is typically understood as a recent …

Purpose–The over‐the‐counter (OTC) drug market is highly competitive, and consumer
advertising is a prominent influence in OTC drug purchase and consumption. Given current …

Background: Biological sex differences and sociocultural gender norms affect the provision
of health care products and services, but there has been little explicit analysis of the impact …

Due to a wide range of factors, such as increasing access to health information and
government policies to promote self-care during the past 20-30 years, the “new patient” or …

Direct-to-consumer marketing of genetic tests is beginning to appear in select markets, and
little independent evaluation has been conducted on the effects of this marketing on …

Our first article 1 makes a an international, comparative study of remuneration models for
pharmacists. Based on literature review and survey, this article uncovers the maze of …

Kevin O'Hara practices in internal and HIV medicine in New York, New York, and is a
graduate student with the Department of Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University …

This thesis explores the subject positions available to users of genetic tests for bipolar
disorder in the United States. In advanced liberal societies, tests for genetic susceptibility to …

Desde el comienzo del desarrollo de los sistemas educativos modernos, éstos han tendido
a especializarse según los destinos laborales esperados para sus alumnos, tanto en la …