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Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongeringCommentary: Medicalisation of risk factors

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Moynihan, Ray, G⊘tzsche, Peter C, Heath, Iona, Henry, David·2002·BMJ
DOI 10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886
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A lot of money can be made from healthy people who believe they are sick. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor diseases and promote them to prescribers and consumers. Ray Moynihan, Iona Heath, and David Henry give examples of "disease mongering" and suggest how to prevent the growth of this practice

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Authors
Moynihan, R., G⊘tzsche, P. C., Heath, I., & Henry, D.
Venue
BMJ
Publisher
BMJ
Published
2002-04-13
Volume
324
Issue
7342
Pages
886.1-891
ISSN
  • 0007-1447 (ISSN-L)
  • 0959-8138
  • 1468-5833
DOI
10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886
OpenAlex
W2076233096
Cited by
900
References
5
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Moynihan, R., G⊘tzsche, P. C., Heath, I., & Henry, D. (2002). Selling sickness: the pharmaceutical industry and disease mongeringCommentary: Medicalisation of risk factors. BMJ. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7342.886

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