A rational drug policy

A Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Humanities. Published since 1993 by Forum for Medical Ethics Society.
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ISSN: 0975-5691 (Online); 0974-8466 (Print) RNI Reg No. MAHENG/2016/67188


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1.	Title	Title of document	A rational drug policy

2.	Creator	Author's name, affiliation, country	P K Sarkar; Bulletin on Drug and Health Information (BODHI), 254, Block B, Lake Town, Kolkata 700089; IN

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4.	Description	Abstract	Pharmaceutical companies have an important place in medical care, especially in India, a country where the mortality and morbidity due to various diseases of deprivation, communicable diseases in particular, are very high. Every year hundreds of people still die from malaria for which chloroquine is a cheap but effective remedy; thousands go blind due to lack of vitamin A, and millions suffer from endemic goitre due to iodine deficiency.

5.	Publisher	Organizing agency, location	Forum for Medical Ethics Society

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7.	Date	(YYYY-MM-DD)	2016-11-30

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10.	Identifier	Uniform Resource Identifier	https://ijme.in/articles/a-rational-drug-policy/

11.	Source	Title; vol., no. (year)	Indian Journal of Medical Ethics;: Drugs, doctors and ethics

12.	Language	English=en	en

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