Life Matters

Drug companies have a lot of influence on the choices doctors make.

One medical academic says it's marketing disguised as education and he wants doctors to disclose their links with drug companies. He also wants doctors to get back to health promotion rather than dispensing drugs to treat disease.

Guests

George Jelinek
Professor of Emergency Medicine, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth

Further Information

Australasian College for Emergency Medicine

Presenter

Richard Aedy

Producer

Jackie May

Story Researcher and Producer

Lindy Raine

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