Skip to main content

Main menu

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Access
    • Multimedia
    • Podcast
    • Collections
    • Past Issues
    • Articles by Subject
    • Articles by Type
    • Supplements
    • Plain Language Summaries
    • Calls for Papers
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Job Seekers
    • Media
  • About
    • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Editorial Staff & Boards
    • Sponsoring Organizations
    • Copyrights & Permissions
    • Announcements
  • Engage
    • Engage
    • e-Letters (Comments)
    • Subscribe
    • Podcast
    • E-mail Alerts
    • Journal Club
    • RSS
    • Annals Forum (Archive)
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
  • Careers

User menu

  • My alerts

Search

  • Advanced search
Annals of Family Medicine
  • My alerts
Annals of Family Medicine

Advanced Search

  • Home
  • Current Issue
  • Content
    • Current Issue
    • Early Access
    • Multimedia
    • Podcast
    • Collections
    • Past Issues
    • Articles by Subject
    • Articles by Type
    • Supplements
    • Plain Language Summaries
    • Calls for Papers
  • Info for
    • Authors
    • Reviewers
    • Job Seekers
    • Media
  • About
    • Annals of Family Medicine
    • Editorial Staff & Boards
    • Sponsoring Organizations
    • Copyrights & Permissions
    • Announcements
  • Engage
    • Engage
    • e-Letters (Comments)
    • Subscribe
    • Podcast
    • E-mail Alerts
    • Journal Club
    • RSS
    • Annals Forum (Archive)
  • Contact
    • Contact Us
  • Careers
  • Follow annalsfm on Twitter
  • Visit annalsfm on Facebook
DiscussionReflections

It’s Time to Shine the Light on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising

Tim K. Mackey and Bryan A. Liang
The Annals of Family Medicine January 2015, 13 (1) 82-85; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1711
Tim K. Mackey
1Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California
2Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
3Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
4Joint Masters Program in Health Policy and Law, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
5San Diego Center for Patient Safety, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
MAS, PhD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • For correspondence: tmackey@ucsd.edu
Bryan A. Liang
1Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California
4Joint Masters Program in Health Policy and Law, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
5San Diego Center for Patient Safety, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
PhD, MD, JD
  • Find this author on Google Scholar
  • Find this author on PubMed
  • Search for this author on this site
  • Article
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF
Loading

Article Information

vol. 13 no. 1 82-85
DOI 
https://doi.org/10.1370/afm.1711
PubMed 
25583897

Published By 
The Annals of Family Medicine
Print ISSN 
1544-1709
Online ISSN 
1544-1717
History 
  • Received for publication June 4, 2014
  • Revision received July 25, 2014
  • Accepted for publication September 1, 2014
  • Published online January 12, 2015.

Copyright & Usage 
© 2015 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.

Author Information

  1. Tim K. Mackey, MAS, PhD1,2,3,4,5⇑ and
  2. Bryan A. Liang, PhD, MD, JD1,4,5
  1. 1Global Health Policy Institute, San Diego, California
  2. 2Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
  3. 3Division of Global Public Health, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
  4. 4Joint Masters Program in Health Policy and Law, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
  5. 5San Diego Center for Patient Safety, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego, California
  1. CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Timothy Ken Mackey, MAS, PhD, Global Health Policy Institute, 8950 Villa La Jolla Drive, Suite #A204 La Jolla, CA 92037, tmackey{at}ucsd.edu

Statistics from Altmetric.com

Article usage

Article usage: January 2015 to April 2025

AbstractFullPdf
Jan 201551025279
Feb 201524221651
Mar 201528814553
Apr 201511712484
May 2015908561
Jun 2015986238
Jul 2015806016
Aug 2015753419
Sep 2015745526
Oct 2015904829
Nov 20156513220
Dec 2015696825
Jan 2016645836
Feb 2016466018
Mar 2016695424
Apr 2016956328
May 2016296424
Jun 2016394312
Jul 201625338
Aug 2016285013
Sep 2016284410
Oct 2016435135
Nov 2016302628
Dec 2016231514
Jan 2017484424
Feb 2017524328
Mar 2017533421
Apr 2017735026
May 201719714312
Jun 2017675114
Jul 2017342521
Aug 2017724916
Sep 2017281313
Oct 2017421821
Nov 2017473916
Dec 2017171315
Jan 2018361726
Feb 2018322725
Mar 2018344923
Apr 2018436827
May 2018255734
Jun 2018153419
Jul 2018232820
Aug 2018565323
Sep 2018294223
Oct 2018204234
Nov 2018175115
Dec 201811388
Jan 2019364622
Feb 2019152322
Mar 2019192324
Apr 2019362025
May 2019171922
Jun 201993920
Jul 2019162727
Aug 2019162020
Sep 2019232120
Oct 2019211627
Nov 2019252629
Dec 2019191422
Jan 202016816
Feb 202026717
Mar 20207917
Apr 202018815
May 202062331
Jun 202091726
Jul 202081114
Aug 2020111714
Sep 202012820
Oct 202071414
Nov 202081717
Dec 20202918
Jan 202142826
Feb 202182216
Mar 202101713
Apr 20214719
May 202181714
Jun 202132324
Jul 20212824
Aug 20216616
Sep 202101021
Oct 20215634
Nov 202171927
Dec 202141114
Jan 202221520
Feb 202251516
Mar 20222136
Apr 20226226
May 202231716
Jun 2022598
Jul 20222114
Aug 20223117
Sep 20222178
Oct 202211012
Nov 202241118
Dec 20227159
Jan 202361111
Feb 20239144
Mar 2023393
Apr 20235129
May 2023667
Jun 2023584
Jul 202301011
Aug 20232105
Sep 20231125
Oct 20230154
Nov 20232272
Dec 202302511
Jan 20242167
Feb 20246148
Mar 20246517
Apr 2024102218
May 20242438
Jun 20242266
Jul 20241277
Aug 20245272
Sep 20244292
Oct 20240145
Nov 20245239
Dec 20241189
Jan 20250117
Feb 20252492
Mar 20252319
Apr 202532010

Cited By...

  • 13 Citations
  • Google Scholar
PreviousNext
Back to top

In this issue

The Annals of Family Medicine: 13 (1)
The Annals of Family Medicine: 13 (1)
Vol. 13, Issue 1
January/February 2015
  • Table of Contents
  • Index by author
  • Back Matter (PDF)
  • Front Matter (PDF)
  • In Brief
Print
Download PDF
Article Alerts
Sign In to Email Alerts with your Email Address
Email Article

Thank you for your interest in spreading the word on Annals of Family Medicine.

NOTE: We only request your email address so that the person you are recommending the page to knows that you wanted them to see it, and that it is not junk mail. We do not capture any email address.

Enter multiple addresses on separate lines or separate them with commas.
It’s Time to Shine the Light on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
(Your Name) has sent you a message from Annals of Family Medicine
(Your Name) thought you would like to see the Annals of Family Medicine web site.
CAPTCHA
This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.
3 + 8 =
Solve this simple math problem and enter the result. E.g. for 1+3, enter 4.
Citation Tools
It’s Time to Shine the Light on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Tim K. Mackey, Bryan A. Liang
The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2015, 13 (1) 82-85; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1711

Citation Manager Formats

  • BibTeX
  • Bookends
  • EasyBib
  • EndNote (tagged)
  • EndNote 8 (xml)
  • Medlars
  • Mendeley
  • Papers
  • RefWorks Tagged
  • Ref Manager
  • RIS
  • Zotero
Get Permissions
Share
It’s Time to Shine the Light on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising
Tim K. Mackey, Bryan A. Liang
The Annals of Family Medicine Jan 2015, 13 (1) 82-85; DOI: 10.1370/afm.1711
Twitter logo Facebook logo Mendeley logo
  • Tweet Widget
  • Facebook Like
  • Google Plus One

Jump to section

  • Article
    • Abstract
    • BACKGROUND
    • RISE, DECLINE, AND LACK OF TRANSPARENCY OF PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETING
    • SHINING THE LIGHT ON PHYSICIAN-DIRECTED PROMOTION, BUT NOT DTCA?
    • Footnotes
    • References
  • Figures & Data
  • eLetters
  • Info & Metrics
  • PDF

Related Articles

  • PubMed
  • Google Scholar

Cited By...

  • In This Issue: Policy and Practice
  • Google Scholar

More in this TOC Section

  • When the Death of a Colleague Meets Academic Publishing: A Call for Compassion
  • Let’s Dare to Be Vulnerable: Crossing the Self-Disclosure Rubicon
  • Not Like They Used To: The Decline of Procedural Competency in Medical Training
Show more Reflections

Similar Articles

Subjects

  • Other research types:
    • Health policy
    • Professional practice
  • Other topics:
    • Ethics
    • Social / cultural context

Keywords

  • direct-to-consumer advertising
  • Sunshine Act
  • physician payments
  • conflicts of interest
  • health marketing and promotion
  • health policy
  • eHealth

Content

  • Current Issue
  • Past Issues
  • Early Access
  • Plain-Language Summaries
  • Multimedia
  • Podcast
  • Articles by Type
  • Articles by Subject
  • Supplements
  • Calls for Papers

Info for

  • Authors
  • Reviewers
  • Job Seekers
  • Media

Engage

  • E-mail Alerts
  • e-Letters (Comments)
  • RSS
  • Journal Club
  • Submit a Manuscript
  • Subscribe
  • Family Medicine Careers

About

  • About Us
  • Editorial Board & Staff
  • Sponsoring Organizations
  • Copyrights & Permissions
  • Contact Us
  • eLetter/Comments Policy

© 2025 Annals of Family Medicine