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Citation |
Shepherd RW. CMAJ 2005; 172(7): 858. |
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Affiliation |
Family Physician, Victoria BC, Canada. |
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Copyright |
(Copyright © 2005, Canadian Medical Association) |
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15795395 |
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Abstract |
I am writing to express concern about the full-page advertisement for telithromycin that appeared on page 1016 of the Oct. 26 issue of CMAJ (volume 171, issue 9). The advertisement shows a man with a pistol aiming at 3 head-and-torso representations of a human body. The main function of a pistol is to injure or kill people. It is not defensible for a pharmaceutical company to use the image of a gunman to promote a drug to doctors. (See sponsor response doi: 10.1503/cmaj.1050029) |