[Attitudes of general practitioners to pharmaceutical sales representatives in Sousse].
East Mediterr Health J
; 9(5-6): 1075-83, 2003.
Article
en Ar
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16450540
ABSTRACT
The therapeutic knowledge of physicians is the corner stone to the rational use of medicines; however information about medicines is generally obtained from the pharmaceutical industry via their sales representatives (reps). We aimed to identify general practitioners' (GPs) attitudes to pharmaceutical reps and the information they provide. We surveyed 140 GPs using a self-administered questionnaire. The response rate was 78% (72 GPs from the public sector and 68 from the private sector). About 10% of the GPs said they received daily visits from pharmaceutical reps; 84% of GPs considered them an efficient source of information and 31% said they might change their therapeutic prescribing following visits from these reps. Because of their positive perception of pharmaceutical reps, GPs are susceptible to the information they provide. Controlling the validity of the therapeutic information imparted by the pharmaceutical industry is thus a fundamental component of the programme for the rational use of medicines.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Médicos de Familia
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Actitud del Personal de Salud
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Comercio
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Industria Farmacéutica
Tipo de estudio:
Qualitative_research
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
Africa
Idioma:
Ar
Revista:
East Mediterr Health J
Asunto de la revista:
MEDICINA
Año:
2003
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Article
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