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Myth: direct-to-consumer advertising is educational for patients

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Mythe : la publicité s’adressant directement au consommateur permet d’informer le patient
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Canadian Health Services Research Foundation
Publication Date: 
September, 2007
Publication Place: 
Ottawa, ON

Discusses and debunks the idea promoted by drug companies that direct-to-consumer advertising of prescription drugs has health benefits for patients. Discusses the risks for patients being prescribed unnecessary drugs, and the astronomical costs that legalizing DTCA in Canada could entail.

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http://www.chsrf.ca/PublicationsAndResources/Mythbusters/ArticleView/07-09-01/abdbd399-7dff-471a-8879-0e644abfeabb.aspx [7]
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Includes bibliographical references.

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