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Dear Colleagues,
On the afternoon of Wednesday 12 November 1997 the UK based
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB) will hold a seminar
'Why believe published advice?'
Speakers at the seminar will address the following issues:
The case for believing medical journals
Dr Richard Horton; Editor, Lancet
The case for believing publicly funded bodies
Professor Trevor Sheldon, Director, NHS Centre for reviews and
Dissemination, University of York
The case for believing professional bodies
Dr Martyn Partridge; Joint Coordinator of the British Thoracic
Society Asthma Guidelines
What determines credibility?
Professor Angela Coulter; Director of the Kings Fund Development
Centre, England
The seminar will end with a discussion from the floor on
'What needs to be done' chaired by Professor Rhona Panton
Head of the department of medicine management,
Keele University
The seminar will be held at the Medical Society of London,
11 Chandos Street, London. Those wishing to attend should send a
cheque for Pound sterling 58.75 (inclusive of
VAT) made payable to Consumers' Association to: Kerry Little,
Seminar administrator, Drug & Therapeutics Bulletin,
2 Marylebone Road, London, NW1 4DF. Tel 0171 830 7571.
Fax 0171 830 7665. E-mail: dtb@which.net
Catherine Picton
Managing Editor
Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
Email: dtb@which.net
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