[e-drug] Role and function of E-drug (cont'd)

[Ken Harvey <k.harvey@latrobe.edu.au>]

E-drug: Role and function of E-drug (cont'd)
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Dear Friends,

I also support the current direction and content of E-drug.

E-drug is an essential resource for my teaching programs on
medicinal drug policy (both for students of developed as well as
developing countries), it is a source of inspiration and solidarity for
those of us committed to providing essential drugs for all and it
provides one of the more positive examples of globalisation.

As for political comment; I am reminded of a quotation attributed to
the pathologist Rudolf Virchow (when his 1847 investigation of an
epidemic of typhus showed a strong association with poverty),
"Medicine is a social science and politics is nothing more than
medicine practiced on a larger stage."

If we wish to achieve "Health for all" (which includes providing
essential drugs to all) then political activism is inescapable; it must
be a core subject on the E-drug curriculum.

Cheers,

Ken

Dr. Ken Harvey, MB BS, FRCPA, MASM
Councillor, Australian Consumers Association
(http://www.choice.com.au) 
Director, Therapeutic Guidelines Ltd. (http://www.tg.com.au)
Executive Member, National Tertiary Education Union,
La Trobe University Branch
Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health
Room 221, Building HS1 (NW9),
La Trobe University, Bundoora, 3086, Australia, 
Telephone +61 3 9479 5773, Facsimile +61 3 9479 1783
Personal mobile 0419 181910,
Internet: http://www-sph.health.latrobe.edu.au/kharvey/


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