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Will go with E.

The argument is the the objection to the law is uncalled for as the physician will be the sole deciding factor.
But if the patient can coerce a physician to prescribe a drug that is advertised . the argument is weakened.
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go with E as well.
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A. Whether nonprescription medications not reading any further... don't care about nonprescription drugs at all
B. advertisements for recently developed medications newly available by prescription recent or not is not an issue at stake, so out
C. don't care where they appear... that isn't the issue
D. doesn't make any difference what they pay attention to...
E. advertisement does provide the grounds for concern if pressuring the doctors causes them to prescribe wrong drugs.
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E for me too
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Answer: D (partly coz. E seems too obvious?? whatever that means)

I went with D on this...

D. Whether physicians are more likely to pay attention to advertising directed to the general public than to advertising directed to physicians

It would seem likely that if the physicians paid attentions to the advertisements for the general public more than the ones directed toward them, they will likely be influenced by the ads to prescribe the medications that the patients ask for by not following the technical aspects of the ad specially made for them.
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Answer: D (partly coz. E seems too obvious?? whatever that means)

I went with D on this...

D. Whether physicians are more likely to pay attention to advertising directed to the general public than to advertising directed to physicians

It would seem likely that if the physicians paid attentions to the advertisements for the general public more than the ones directed toward them, they will likely be influenced by the ads to prescribe the medications that the patients ask for by not following the technical aspects of the ad specially made for them.


That makes perfect sense haas_mba07

In E, I dont know of any doctor who would succumb to pressure to give BAD (inappropriate) MEDICINE (except of course Bon Jovi) :)
I obviously went the easy way and picked E :(
Lets wait for the OA
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haas_mba07 wrote:
Answer: D (partly coz. E seems too obvious?? whatever that means)


interesting, but remember what rhyme and many others said? if the anwswer in CR is too obvious, then it is likely to be correct!

I am still going with E, but


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It would seem likely that if the physicians paid attentions to the advertisements for the general public more than the ones directed toward them, they will likely be influenced by the ads to prescribe the medications that the patients ask for by not following the technical aspects of the ad specially made for them.


This could be true, but you need to infer that they indeed will pay more attention to the new ads (will they?), however, the current situation is unchanged and the fact that they still receive the info about new drugs directly remains the same...

hope this helps and we will wait for OA
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I was just thinking about this Question and if this question appeared on the GMAT early in the test would I pick E? Or if it shows up at the near end then should it be D?

I know that answering based on the position of the question sounds crazy, but its just a thought.

As both you and gmatmba said, lets wait for the OA.


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haas_mba07 wrote:
Answer: D (partly coz. E seems too obvious?? whatever that means)


interesting, but remember what rhyme and many others said? if the anwswer in CR is too obvious, then it is likely to be correct!

I am still going with E, but


haas_mba07 wrote:
It would seem likely that if the physicians paid attentions to the advertisements for the general public more than the ones directed toward them, they will likely be influenced by the ads to prescribe the medications that the patients ask for by not following the technical aspects of the ad specially made for them.


This could be true, but you need to infer that they indeed will pay more attention to the new ads (will they?), however, the current situation is unchanged and the fact that they still receive the info about new drugs directly remains the same...

hope this helps and we will wait for OA
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OA is E :)
This one is a retired GMAT question.
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Thanks laxieqv... :-)

It just goes to show .. go with the gut instinct and pick the answer that you feel correct.


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OA is E :)
This one is a retired GMAT question.
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My choice is E

increased ads leads to greater pressure by patients
if docs succumb to pressure , not very pleasant
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read all the responses after posting my reply
i am impressed by hass :o ... i cud not have thought of such a response

too much lateral thinking usually is an overkill
I get carried with my train of thought too a few times :lol:



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