The quality of medication information in Australia: the need for more clinical expertise and accountability

Bulsara, Caroline E; McKenzie, Anne

doi:10.5694/j.1326-5377.2009.tb02740.x

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To the Editor: We agree with Stockigt that clinical accountability is needed in the production of consumer medicines information (CMI).1 However, providing CMI is a great deal more complex. The ways in which consumers access and absorb medical information are still largely unknown, and the most important issue is potentially that consumers are not receiving CMI.

University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.

Correspondence: caroline.bulsara@uwa.edu.au

Acknowledgements:

We acknowledge the input of the expert panel throughout the course of the study and funding for the study from the NHMRC.

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