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Maddox and Katsanis in a study published in 1997, surveyed Canadians (N=165)to understand patient attitudes toward DTCA and its influence on physician-patientinteraction. <strong>The</strong> survey presented two scenarios, one in which the consumer is exposed toan advertisement and requests for the drug and the other in which consumer is notexposed to the advertisement, but the physician recommends the advertised drug. <strong>The</strong>sescenarios were designed to understand the impact <strong>of</strong> DTCA on consumers’ perception <strong>of</strong>the interaction with the physician. <strong>The</strong> results showed a significant difference betweenthe two groups regarding the likelihood <strong>of</strong> gathering additional information on theadvertised drug (p

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