BMJ  2003;327:861 (11 October), doi:10.1136/bmj.327.7419.861

Education and debate

What information do patients need about medicines?

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Partnership between health professionals and patients depends, in part, on the provision and exchange of accurate and reliable information about drugs, but who should provide it? We invited contributors to answer the question from the perspectives of patients, clinicians, and the pharmaceutical industry

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