E-DRUG: Course: Disease Mongering and Public Health: Menorca, 20-24 Sept
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Dear E-druggers ,
I would like to draw your attention to a course on Disease-Mongering and Public Health that is being organised by the Menorca Public Health School and the International University Menendez Pelayo, under the direction of Ray Moynihan .
It will take place in Menorca, Spain, from 20 to 24 September.
For detailed information, please see below.
Kind Regards,
Teresa
Teresa Leonardo Alves
European Coordinator
Health Action International (HAI) Europe
Overtoom 60 II
1054 HK Amsterdam
The Netherlands
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Email:teresa@haiweb.org
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Course:
Disease-mongering and public health
Director: Ray Moynihan, conjoint lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia; journalist, documentary-maker and an internationally recognised author on the public
health problem of disease-mongering.
Dates: September 20 - 24, 2010
Location: LAZARETO DE MAHÓN. ESCUELA DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE MENORCA, SPAIN.
Organized by UIMP in cooperation with ESCUELA DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE MENORCA
Brief description of objectives and contents of the course:
The course will aim to deepen students' understanding of the public health problem of disease-mongering: the process of widening the boundaries of illness in order to expand
markets for treatments. It will examine the different forms of disease-mongering, by using several case studies involving high-profile medical conditions. It will also employ humour, and students will
create and promote their own new disease. Finally it will analyse the public-health implications of disease-mongering and possible policy-responses to the problem, from a
range of perspectives. The course will also look at the evidence about the financial relationships between health professionals and the pharmaceutical industry which are central to this problem,
and reveal how those relationships are being renegotiated world wide.
Student profile:
Students would include health professionals from the academic, clinical and policy sector, influential journalists reporting on healthcare, and representatives from consumer advocacy groups engaged with public health.
Preliminary program at:
ESCUELA DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE MENORCA
Registration and detailed information about the course and grant application will be available from April 19th 2010 at:
UNIVERSIDAD INTERNACIONAL MENÉNDEZ PELAYO
ESCUELA DE SALUD PÚBLICA DE MENORCA
For further information please contact:
Secretaría UIMP
Isaac Peral, 23
28040 Madrid
Tel.: + 00 34 91 592 06 31 / 91 592 06 33
Fax: + 00 34 91 543 06 40 / 91 543 08 97
alumnos@uimp.es