Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
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Direct-to-Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising
Types of Advertisements There are currently several types of DTC drug advertisements (Table 1).5,11 One type is the “help-seeking ad,” which provides only information about a medical condition and encourages patients to contact their physician but doesn’t mention a product.5,11 Another category is the “reminder ad,” which includes the product name; this type may provide information about streng...
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of Internal Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0003-9926
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.164.4.427