The gift

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Keywords:

Consultants, Gift giving, Drug industry, Prescriptions, Pharmaceutical promotion, medical students

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P Ravi Shankar

Dr Shankar is a faculty member at the IMU Centre for Education, International Medical University, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.  Dr Shankar had started a Medical Humanities module in Pokhara, Nepal and initiated and sustained a module for over five years at KIST Medical College, Lalitpur, Nepal. He has facilitated Medical Humanities modules at Aruba and Saint Lucia. He is a reviewer for a number of journals. He is a PSGFAIMER Fellow in Health Professions Education. He has a keen interest in the medical humanities and in creative writing, photography and trekking. 

References

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Grande D, Shea JA, Armstrong K. Pharmaceutical industry gifts to physicians: patient beliefs and trust in physicians and the health care system. J Gen Int Med. 2012;27:274-9.

Macneill PU, Kerridge IH, Newby D, Stokes BJ, Doran E, Henry DA. Attitudes of physicians and public to pharmaceutical industry ‘gifts’. Int Med J. 2010;40(5):335-41.

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Published

2024-07-31

How to Cite

Shankar, P. R. (2024). The gift. Research and Humanities in Medical Education, 11, 26–28. Retrieved from https://rhime.in/ojs/index.php/rhime/article/view/595

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Vol. 11 (2024)

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Personal Narrative

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