Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills
- Title
- Thrombosis warnings on contraceptive pills
- Genre
- Interview
- TX Date
- 21 Oct 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:08:31
- Description
- Dan Damon interviews Health Minister Gerry Malone on controversial government health warnings by the Committee on the Safety of Medicines that seven brands of the contraceptive pill pose a higher than normal risk of thrombosis, based on the findings of 3 unpublished reports. Malone defends issuing of the warnings and blames the media for spreading panic.
- Contributors
- Dan Damon; Gerald Malone
- Keywords
- Press; Oral contraceptives; Mass media; Safety; Family planning; Thrombosis; Committee on the Safety of Medicines
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