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FRONTLINE; Prescriptions for Profit
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- Series
- FRONTLINE
- Program
- Prescriptions for Profit
- Program Number
707
- Series Description
FRONTLINE is investigative journalism that questions, explains and changes our world. Since 1983, FRONTLINE has served as PBS's flagship public affairs series. Hailed upon its television broadcast debut as "the last best hope for broadcast documentaries," FRONTLINE's stature is reaffirmed each week through incisive documentaries covering the scope and complexity of the human experience.
- Program Description
Reporter Joe Rosenbloom investigates abuses in the competitive marketing and promotion of prescription drugs by the pharmaceutical manufacturers. The program explores the dangers of hype and hard sell applied to widely prescribed arthritis medications and how the industry tries to influence the prescribing habits of doctors.
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Documentary
- Citation
- Chicago: “FRONTLINE; Prescriptions for Profit,” GBH Archives, accessed April 26, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_24DB26BFF05048F183DBB2026FB4923D.
- MLA: “FRONTLINE; Prescriptions for Profit.” GBH Archives. Web. April 26, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_24DB26BFF05048F183DBB2026FB4923D>.
- APA: FRONTLINE; Prescriptions for Profit. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_24DB26BFF05048F183DBB2026FB4923D