Therapeutic Risk

Therapeutic Risk
Author: D. M. Burley,William Howard Wallace Inman
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 124
Release: 1988
Genre: Chemotherapy
ISBN: UOM:39015014491685

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Today's therapeutic drugs are capable of beneficial results but can also cause great harm, especially if administered to the wrong patient in the wrong dosage. This book is devoted to the perception, measurement and management of therapeutic risk, and outlines the results of a conference on the subject held in Brighton, Sussex in June 1987 - a joint enterprise between the Trust for Education and Research in Therapeutics, London, and the Drug Safety Research Trust, Southampton. It examines the results of dispensing drugs, the rarity or seriousness of attendant risks involved and the manner in which therapeutic drugs can be measured and controlled.

The Perception of Risk

The Perception of Risk
Author: Paul Slovic
Publsiher: Routledge
Total Pages: 563
Release: 2016-10-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781317341116

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The concept of risk is an outgrowth of our society's great concern about coping with the dangers of modern life. The Perception of Risk brings together the work of Paul Slovic, one of the world's leading analysts of risk, risk perception and risk management, to examine the gap between expert views of risk and public perceptions. Ordered chronologically, it allows the reader to see the evolution of our understanding of such perceptions, from early studies identifying public misconceptions of risk to recent work that recognizes the importance and legitimacy of equity, trust, power and other value-laden issues underlying public concern.

The Perception and Management of Drug Safety Risks

The Perception and Management of Drug Safety Risks
Author: Bruno Horisberger,Rolf Dinkel
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 219
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783642742729

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In the past two decades public debate about the risks, benefits, and safety associated with drugs has intensified. Public disputes over risks are brought to court when individuals seek compensation for health problems attributed to a pharmaceutical product. The issue reaches legislatures and regulatory agencies when consumer advocates seek to influence the standards of drug usage. Front-page news tends to focus on accidents or other risk events with drugs. Drug risk and drug safety have become an important political issue. Drug regulat ory agencies have been instituted, and their responsibility has increased. The approval to market a drug is dependent on a set of sophisticated studies executed according to strict protocols and scientifically defined criteria. Drug surveillance activities have gained recognition, and reporting systems to identify drug safety problems have been strengthened. The understanding and management of drug safety is, nonetheless, beset by doubts, disagreements, and disputes. Conflict occurs over the significance of risk, the adequacy of evidence, the methodologies used to evaluate and measure risk, the standards that guide regulation, and the optimal means of communicating risk information to the public.

Reasonable Risk

Reasonable Risk
Author: Marjana Martinic,Barbara C. Leigh
Publsiher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2004
Genre: Alcoholism
ISBN: 0415946360

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First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Therapeutic Risk Management of Medicines

Therapeutic Risk Management of Medicines
Author: Stephen J. Mayall,Anjan Swapu Banerjee
Publsiher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2014-04-16
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9781908818270

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Therapeutic risk management of medicines is an authoritative and practical guide on developing, implementing and evaluating risk management plans for medicines globally. It explains how to assess risks and benefit-risk balance, design and roll out risk minimisation and pharmacovigilance activities, and interact effectively with key stakeholders. A more systematic approach for managing the risks of medicines arose following a number of high-profile drug safety incidents and a need for better access to effective but potentially risky treatments. Regulatory requirements have evolved rapidly over the past decade. Risk management plans (RMPs) are mandatory for new medicinal products in the EU and a Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategy (REMS) is needed for certain drugs in the US. This book is an easy-to-read resource that complements current regulatory guidance, by exploring key areas and practical implications in greater detail. It is structured into chapters encompassing a background to therapeutic risk management, strategies for developing RMPs, implementation of RMPs, and the continuing evolution of the risk management field.The topic is of critical importance not only to the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, but also regulators and healthcare policymakers.Some chapters feature contributions from selected industry experts. An up-to-date practical guide on conceiving, designing, and implementing global therapeutic risk management plans for medicines A number of useful frameworks are presented which add impact to RMPs (Risk Management Plans), together with regional specific information (European Union, United States, and Japan) A comprehensive guide for performing risk management more effectively throughout a product’s life-cycle

Communicating Therapeutic Risks

Communicating Therapeutic Risks
Author: Louis A. Morris
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 186
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 9781461233541

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I guess everyone has a cousin Ernest. He is the fellow of whom your mother asks . . . "Why can't you be more like your cousin Ernest?" Cousin Ernest went to the high school for genius children and got all A's, even in French. As the years went by, I lost contact with Cousin Ernest. Then last year, at a family gathering, I met him again. Sure enough, he had gone to Harvard and become a doctor, a radiologist. We began discussing his practice and he mentioned that he performs some fairly risky diagnostic tests. While legally he was compelled to tell patients about the risks they were undertaking, he said that risk disclosure was a useless exercise. "No one has ever refused to undergo the procedure," he said. It was difficult to argue with his observation that no patient ever refused to undergo his tests. I understood that the lack of refusals did not necessarily mean that risk disclosure was a useless exercise, but his underlying argument was quite compelling.

Improving Drug Safety A Joint Responsibility

Improving Drug Safety     A Joint Responsibility
Author: Rolf Dinkel,Bruno Horisberger,Kenneth W. Tolo
Publsiher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2013-03-07
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9783642612503

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As the focus on pharmaceuticals has broadened from concern for their cost and effectiveness to their real and potential risks and benefits, a critical question has been raised: whose responsibility is it to improve drug safety? In April 1990, this question became the theme for a conference at Wolfsberg, Switzerland, near the shores of Lake Constance. Called an "international dialogue conference" by its organizers, the meeting brought together leaders from the pharmaceutical industry, regulatory authorities, academia, medicine, consumer organizations and the media. Opening addresses were given by representatives of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS), the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Associations (IFPMA), the Swiss International Pharmaceutical Agency, and the RAD-AR Consortium. This book documents the papers presented and discussions held at this conference, which took the topic of risks and benefits of drug therapy one step further to responsibility. It includes a rich menu of issues for those who care about the evaluation of drug therapy, the ethics behind it, the expectations of the patient, and the role of traditional and nontraditional drug safety communica tions. The ideas expressed here come from different parts of the world but relate to common drug safety problems, observations, and scientific assessments; they provide insights into innovative approaches, cautious changes, and desired actions. The papers in this volume are broadly divided into conceptual perspectives (ethics, how the knowledge about drug risks and benefits is generated and appraised, the expectations in drug safety) and operational perspectives (communication, discussion, and action).

To Do No Harm

To Do No Harm
Author: Julianne M. Morath, RN, MS,Joanne E. Turnbull, PHD
Publsiher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2005-05-06
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 9780787972653

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With this important resource, health care leaders from the board room to the point-of-care can learn how to apply the science of safe and best practices from industry to healthcare by changing leadership practices, models of service delivery, and methods of communication.