It’s never just a sandwich

Doctors often insist they cannot be influenced by something as trivial as a free lunch from a pharmaceutical sales rep.

‘It’s just a sandwich,’ they say. What harm could it do?

Well, a new Cochrane review examining 93 studies suggests these small gestures can have quite an impact on prescribing.

Of the estimates looking specifically at gifts and payments, …


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