Tag Archives: Consumers Health Forum

Why you should talk to your doctor about swine flu vaccination: consumer group

September 25, 2009 – 11:32 am

Following the previous post about informed consent and swine flu vaccination, I thought it might be useful to have a consumer organisation’s view on the issues.
Carol Bennett, executive director of the Consumers Health Forum, is encouraging the public to discuss the pros and cons of vaccination with their health provider, rather than relying on [...]

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What really matters in health?

September 2, 2009 – 3:51 pm

“Primary healthcare reform is the single most  important strategy for improving our health and making the health system sustainable.  Community-level prevention and primary healthcare is essential to restoring universalism and efficiency in Australian healthcare.”
That quote actually comes from the Preventative Health Taskforce report. I thought it worth mentioning because the draft of the first national [...]

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Stop exploiting us – consumers tell ophthalmologists

August 26, 2009 – 3:55 pm

“Patients will suffer if the Government does this.” It’s a time-honoured line that the powerful players in the health and medical industry are quick to trot out when their interests are threatened. Sometimes they’re right – that patients’ or the broader community’s interests are at stake. But often the real agenda is much more about [...]

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