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michael wilkes

University of California
Verified email at ucdavis.edu
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Sponsorship, authorship, and accountability

…, HC Sox, MB Van Der Weyden, MS Wilkes - The Lancet, 2001 - thelancet.com
We believe that a sponsor should have the right to review a manuscript for a defined period (eg,
30 to 60 days) before publication to allow for the filing of additional patent protection, if …

Influence of patients' requests for direct-to-consumer advertised antidepressants: a randomized controlled trial

…, MD Feldman, CE Franz, R Azari, MS Wilkes… - Jama, 2005 - jamanetwork.com
ContextDirect-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs in the United States is
both ubiquitous and controversial. Critics charge that it leads to overprescribing, while …

Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising: Trends, Impact, And Implications: Aiming drug ads at consumers means big business for drug companies, but its …

MS Wilkes, RA Bell, RL Kravitz - Health affairs, 2000 - healthaffairs.org
PROLOGUE: Anyone who watches television or reads newspapers or magazines in modern-day
America cannot help but notice the dramatic upsurge in the number of prescription drug …

Pharmaceutical advertisements in leading medical journals: experts' assessments

MS Wilkes, BH Doblin, MF Shapiro - 1992 - acpjournals.org
▪ Objective: To assess both the accuracy of scientific data presented in print pharmaceutical
advertisements and the compliance of these advertisements with current Food and Drug …

Direct-to-consumer prescription drug advertising and the public

RA Bell, RL Kravitz, MS Wilkes - Journal of General Internal Medicine, 1999 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: Drug manufacturers are intensely promoting their products directly to consumers,
but the impact has not been widely studied. Consumers’ awareness and understanding of…

Rwanda 20 years on: investing in life

…, LN Shulman, A Habinshuti, MH Bonds, MS Wilkes… - The Lancet, 2014 - thelancet.com
Two decades ago, the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda led to the deaths of 1 million
people, and the displacement of millions more. Injury and trauma were followed by the effects …

Medical scientists and health news reporting: a case of miscommunication

M Shuchman, MS Wilkes - Annals of Internal Medicine, 1997 - acpjournals.org
The public is poorly served by the coverage of medical science in the general press.Scientists
and physicians blame the press, claiming that journalists are careless in their reporting, …

The educational value of consumer-targeted prescription drug print advertising.

RA Bell, MS Wilkes, RL Kravitz - Journal of Family Practice, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
BACKGROUND The case for direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertising has often
been based on the argument that such promotions can educate the public about medical …

Pharmaceutical sales representatives and patient safety: a comparative prospective study of information quality in Canada, France and the United States

…, JM Sutherland, MD Beaulieu, MS Wilkes… - Journal of general …, 2013 - Springer
INTRODUCTION The information provided by pharmaceutical sales representatives has
been shown to influence prescribing. To enable safe prescribing, medicines information must …

Direct-to-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising, 1989-1998.

RA Bell, RL Kravitz, MS Wilkes - Journal of Family Practice, 2000 - search.ebscohost.com
BACKGROUND• We conducted a content analysis of consumer-targeted prescription drug
advertisements to explore trends in prevalence, shifts in the medical conditions for which …