*PSYCHIATRY, *SUICIDE, *BOARDS of directors, *MEDICINE, *SOCIETIES, *MASS media, *MEDICAL protocols, *MEDICAL societies, PSYCHIATRIC research
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This paper has been substantially revised by the Canadian Psychiatric Association's Research Committee and approved for republication by the CPA's Board of Directors on May 3, 2017. The original policy paper1 was developed by the Scientific and Research Affairs Standing Committee and approved by the Board of Directors on November 10, 2008. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
*TRIAZOLAM, *HYPNOTICS, *MEDICAL care, *MEDICINE, *MASS media
Abstract
This paper offers an analysis of the events surrounding the suspension of the licence for the widely used sleeping tablet Halcion (triazolam) by the British Licensing Authority in October 1991. It is argued that these events highlight a growing crisis in modern medical treatments and in the social relations of health care. This is illustrated by focusing on four elements which have contributed to Halcion becoming a public issue and to its suspension and subsequent banning, namely the claims-making activities of medical experts, the development of legal challenges to medicine, the role of the media and the response of the state. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Presents broadcasting programs and papers on medicine in Great Britain. Medical issues discussed in the television program 'Expert Opinion' from BBC 2; Coverage of smallpox tragedy by the papers 'Birmingham Evening Mail' and 'Sunday Mercury'; Message of the radio program 'Woman's Hour' from BBC Radio 4.
Presents information on the importance of media on the field of medicine in Great Britain. Beliefs of news editors and headline writers on newspapers sold by doom and disaster; Access of information by parents with a handicapped child; Citations of papers writer by medical practitioners.