If you are in the lower mainland of BC, you might want to check out this program put on by the Langara College Retirees and Langara Alumni & Community Engagement.
They are proud to present a free talk by pharmaceutical policy expert and healthcare journalist Alan Cassels on the topic of prescription drugs and what we, as consumers/patients, need to know.
Saying "Know" to Drugs: Questions Anyone Should Ask About Prescriptions
Thursday, October 18
7:15 - 9:00 pm
Room T001, Lower level, Science and Technology Building, Langara College
Thursday, October 18
7:15 - 9:00 pm
Room T001, Lower level, Science and Technology Building, Langara College
Cassels is the Communications Director at the Therapeutic Initiative at the University of British Columbia. A policy researcher and healthcare journalist for over 24 years, he has researched and written extensively about how prescription drugs are regulated, marketed, prescribed, and used. His books include Selling Sickness: How the World’s Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning us All into Patients (co-written with Ray Moynihan); The ABCs of Disease Mongering: An Epidemic in 26 Letters; and Seeking Sickness: Medical Screening and the Misguided Hunt for Disease.
For more information and to register for this free talk, click the link below:
https://langara.ca/alumni/
https://langara.ca/alumni/
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