“External Authoritative Sources”

Posted on July 3, 2021

     Review two (2) “External Authoritative Sources” (defined below), discussing the changed environment between pharmaceutical companies and medical providers concerning gifts. Provide a brief paragraph narrative (one paragraph required for each of the two (2) required “external authoritative sources” incorporating proper APA style for the in-text citations and reference for each source.

Provide a link to the full article for each of the two sources referenced.

Each source citation shall be substantively used and properly placed in the narrative.

The reference for the first source shall follow the brief paragraph narrative substantively citing the first source. Then the second source reference will follow the brief paragraph narrative for substantively citing the second source..

“External Authoritative Sources” for purposes mean: articles from published books, peer reviewed journal articles, education and government sites as well as non-partisan national or international organizations (such as WHO, UNICEF, UNAIDS etc) provided, however the article selected must have:

Authors; and

In text citations and references to support statements made therein.

Under no circumstances are newspapers (e.g., the Wall Street Journal), blogs (regardless of source), editorials, panel discussions, definition of terms, “dot com” sites, and text books from the course or other courses to be used. The foregoing are not considered authoritative for this course.