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Apart from the series of Therapeutic Guidelines, TGL also publishes extracts from selected PhD theses that are relevant to quality use of medicines and which TGL judges to be of a sufficiently high standard to warrant being in the public domain. Understanding, influencing and evaluating drug use
by Jonathan GA Dartnell, 2001
 A helpful outline of the complex issues relating to the quality use of medicines and drug usage evaluation for the Australian scene set in a historical and international context.
This extensive literature review examines the drug use process, activities to improve drug use, and drug usage evaluation. Three major themes are explored: understanding drug use, influencing drug use, and evaluating drug use.
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Health care and notions of risk
by Richard B Clark, 2004
 A consumer view of medical adverse events, patient participation in health care decision making, risk perception, and patient safety in the Australian health care system.
Contents include the background, methods and results of the first comprehensive Australian patient safety survey with sections on the implications of the findings for professional practice, government policy makers and health provider practices.
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‘This publication adds very useful insights into how Australians view accidental medical injury and how they respond to issues related to
health care risk and their own safety’
Bruce Barraclough, AO Chair Australian Council for Safety and Quality in Health Care
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