E-drug: Role and function of E-drug (cont'd)
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Dear E-druggers,
It is true that we are a large silent mass of people interested in
better use of drugs. But we also need to be aware of information
from USA newspapers or journals, related to political and
economical issues that have a large impact on drug access in
non-developed countries. We are sure that the needs of our patients
and people cannot be met only by technical knowledge about
drugs, pharmacoepidemiology information, etc. It is much more,
including socio-economic and political aspects. We need to be
aware of these subjects and take it into account in the curricula of
our Schools of Medicine. It's a good time for Ken's reminder of the
quote attributed to Virchow: "Medicine is a social science and
politics is nothing more than medicine practiced on a larger stage."
If we do not give up, and keep as a main goal "Health for all" in a
near future, all these subjects are needed. I wish to congratulate
E-drug moderators for their jobs.
We are astonished at what happened yesterday. We can only send
our solidarity to all the people who are suffering now. We need to
build together a better world to live in.
Cheers,
Perla
Dr Perla M Buschiazzo
Professor of Pharmacology, School of Medicine
National University of La Plata
60 y 120 La Plata 1900
Argentina
e-mail: pmordujo@atlas.med.unlp.edu.ar
Member of GAPURMED (Argentine Group for Rational Use of Drugs)
and
DURG_LA (Drug Utilization Research Group of Latin America)
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