Interactions between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry generally and sales representatives specifically and their association with physicians’ attitudes and prescribing habits: a systematic review

• Published in: BMJ open Vol. 7; no. 9; p. e016408
• Main Authors: Fickweiler, Freek, Fickweiler, Ward, Urbach, Ewout
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BMJ Publishing Group LTD 01.09.2017; BMJ Publishing Group
• Subjects: Attitude of Health Personnel; Attitudes; Bias; Conflict of Interest; Drug Industry - ethics; Evidence-based medicine; Funding; Gift Giving - ethics; Health education; Health Policy; Humans; Interprofessional Relations - ethics; Pharmaceutical industry; Policy; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - ethics; Practice Patterns, Physicians' - statistics & numerical data; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; Systematic review; pharmaceutical industry; medical education; physicians, drug industry; irrational prescriptions; physicians-industry interactions; attitude of health personnel; pharmaceutical sales representative; conflict of interest; gifts to physicians; brand prescriptions

ObjectivesThe objective of this review is to explore interactions between physicians and the pharmaceutical industry including sales representatives and their impact on physicians’ attitude and prescribing habits.Data sourcesPubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library and Google scholar electronic databases we...