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Independent therapeutic advice – how achievable is it?
- Dr Sue Phillips, Professor Paul Komesaroff, Associate Professor Ian Kerridge, Ms Mary Hemming
- Aust Prescr 2023;36:Suppl 2: S1-48
- 1 September 2013
SUPPLEMENT 2 SEPTEMBER
Volume 36 Supplement 2
Summary
This supplement summarises the proceedings of the Independence Forum hosted by Therapeutic Guidelines Limited in Melbourne on 29 October 2012.
Printed copies are available from:
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Ground Floor, 473 Victoria Street, West Melbourne, Victoria, 3003.
Photos courtesy of Therapeutic Guidelines Limited.
Citation: Phillips S, Komesaroff P, Kerridge I, Hemming M. Independent therapeutic advice: how achievable is it? Aust Prescr 2013;36 Suppl 2:S1-48.
Visit the Therapeutic Guidelines website for the full content of the Independence Forum:
- Podcasts of presentations
- PowerPoint slides
- Image gallery
Contents
Introduction
Program
Rationale for the Forum
Therapeutic independence: A global problem
Evidence-based medicine: Strengths and limitations
Therapeutic independence and evidence-based medicine
Interpreting the evidence: Balancing truth, facts, values and interests
Experts and competing interests
Identifying and managing competing interests
Group discussions
Recommendations
Appendices
Gallery
Acknowledgements
Therapeutic Guidelines Limited would like to thank the following individuals for their support, advice and time they so generously donated to ensure the success of this initiative:
| Professor Chris Baggoley | Mr Richard Kneebone |
| Professor Rachelle Buchbinder | Ms Catherine Marshall |
| Professor Terry Campbell | Associate Professor David Menkes |
| Ms Susan Daskalakis | Assistant Professor Barbara Mintzes |
| Professor Silvio Garattini | Professor Robert Moulds |
| Associate Professor Peter Greenberg | Dr Philipa Rothfield |
| Dr Suzanne Hill | Associate Professor Ian Scott |
| Ms Siân Hughes | Professor Martin Tattersall |
| Ms Paulette Trevena | Dr Janet Wale |
| The staff of Therapeutic Guidelines Limited |
Dr Sue Phillips
Chief Executive Officer, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Melbourne
Professor Paul Komesaroff
Director, Monash Centre for the Study of Ethics in Medicine and Society, Melbourne
Associate Professor Ian Kerridge
Director, Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney
Ms Mary Hemming
Consultant, Therapeutic Guidelines Limited, Melbourne
