# \[e-drug\] MJA - Doctors, drugs, information and ethics **URL:** \ **Category:** e-drug\ **Created:** [July 17, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-mja-doctors-drugs-information-and-ethics/22974 "2005-07-17T22:41:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e47c2d/32.png) [@Dr\_Ken\_Harvey](https://talk.edrugplus.org/u/Dr_Ken_Harvey)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2005, 10:41pm UTC](https://talk.edrugplus.org/t/e-drug-mja-doctors-drugs-information-and-ethics/22974/1 "2005-07-17T22:41:33Z")
E-DRUG: MJA - Doctors, drugs, information and ethics ------------------------------------------------- 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](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](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](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](http://www.informa.com.au/pbs2005). With best wishes, Ken -- Dr. Ken Harvey