Focusing on Risk Communication About Medicines
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Focusing on Risk Communication About Medicines
Communication about the risks of medicines is not a new issue. Patients have long since sought advice about remedies, whether from family, healthcare workers or the wider community in traditional ways, or via websites and social media in today’s world. As pharmacovigilance professionals, interacting with patients, healthcare professionals, health policy makers, journalists and the general publi...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Drug Safety
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0114-5916,1179-1942
DOI: 10.1007/bf03261984