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Surprisingly, the opinions of correspondents to this week's issue of The Journal are not polarised, despite the frenetic events of the past few weeks. Bearing in mind the High Court exoneration of the previous Council for the way it had petitioned the Privy Council for a new Charter, the overwhelming success of the Save Our Society group in securing all seven places in the Royal Pharmaceutical Society's Council election, and the establishment of an entirely new team of Officers at last week's Council meeting, letters might have been expected to fall into one of two camps: those in support of the former Council and those cheering on the new
News & Features 755-762
News summary 755-760
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Major public health role for pharmacy 761-762
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Pharmacists are to develop major new roles in public health, it was announced last week. Clare Bellingham reports
Products PDF (60K) 763
• Products Text 763
• Drug tariff updates Text
• Recalls & Drug alerts Text 763
Methotrexate tablets 10mg
Broad Spectrum 764
Are we seeing the death of pharmacy? 764
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By Alan Nathan
Letters PDF (80K) 765-768
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The Society / The Council / Free movement in Europe / Mystery shopping / The profession
Continuing Professional Development
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Recent articles
Pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics series
Back to basics: pharmacokinetics 769-771
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In the first article in a series intended to remind pharmacists about the basic principles of pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics and therapeutic drug monitoring, Alison Thomson describes the principal pharmacokinetic parameters
Meetings 772-773
Reports
American Society of Clinical Oncology 772-773
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New data presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting are highlighted by Dawn Connelly in this report
Onlooker PDF (90K) 774
Placebo or “nocebo”, their action is all in the mind A placebo has been defined as a medicine that has no physiological effect and it was recognised in the 18th century that claims could be made for medicaments that were, in fact, fakes. After such a condemnation the term “placebo” became a dirty word unless it was used to describe an inactive material deliberately designed as a control substance in a clinical trial Text
Is there a therapeutic role for “ecstasy” in stress and anxiety? When we talk of ecstasy we mean an exalted state of feeling, the word signifying “standing outside oneself” from the Greek ekstasis Text
Health hazards of damp living conditions A new report issued by the US Institute of Medicine on the ability of indoor mould to cause or exacerbate respiratory problems can hardly be considered to present any facts that were not known or at least suspected before. However, in the US there are apparently growing concerns about the possible health hazards of damp living conditions Text
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The Society PDF (380K) 775-788
• June Council meeting: attendance and guests Text 775
• New look at Charter Text 775-780
• Mandatory code of conduct Text 780
• Society intends to play a leading role in Ask About Medicines Week 1–6 November 2004 Text 780
• Lay members in protest
as Council elects new Officers Text 781-784
• Synergy award presented
to chairman of Health Select Committee Text 785
• New officers Nicholas Wood, the Society’s new President, has promised a strong team of officers Text 785
• New fellows Sixteen pharmacists have been designated
fellows Text 786
Obituaries & tributes Text 787-788
Official notices 2001
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• Alterations to the Byelaws: Council code of conduct Text 787
• Statutory Committee inquiries Text 787
• New fellows Text 787
Diary Text
• Branch meetings Text 788
• Society meetings Text
• Future events Text
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• Reunions Text
Awards Text
Corrections Text
Resources Text 763
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