[e-drug] MJA - Doctors, drugs, information and ethics

E-DRUG: MJA - Doctors, drugs, information and ethics
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Dear colleagues,

The current issue of the Medical Journal of Australia contains an
article titled, "Pharmaceutical advertisements in prescribing software:
an analysis".

See: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_02_180705/har10263_fm.html

It also contains a thoughtful accompanying editorial, "Doctors, drugs,
information and ethics: a never-ending story" written by Tilman Ruff and
Hadia Haikal-Mukhtar which states,

  "In our view, Harvey and colleagues’ recommendation that
pharmaceutical promotion be eliminated from prescribing software is
justified".

See: http://www.mja.com.au/public/issues/183_02_180705/ruf10450_fm.html

You may also be interested in the appended media releases which support
this view.

This topic is to be further debated at:

# A public debate on pharmaceutical promotion in prescribing software at
HIC2005, July 31-August 2, 2005, see: http://hic.org.au

# The 3rd Annual Future of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme on August
24-25, 2005, see: http://www.informa.com.au/pbs2005.

With best wishes,
Ken
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Dr. Ken Harvey