What is technology and how is it used in research? How can we, or should we, be using all of the data collected about us for research, and what are the ethical dangers of this? What rules are in place around the handling of our healthcare data? All questions we try and tackle in this episode. We’ll get back to Prejudice, discrimination and healthcare impacts next time!

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

Resources -

https://ourfuturehealth.org.uk/

https://healthdatagateway.org/en

Do we have an equitable or equal society? What even do those words mean? And why do we care - what possible impacts could those things have on people and/ or their healthcare outcomes? The answer - A LOT! We start to tackle this in this episode, part 1, with more to follow in part 2! Also, keep your ears peeled for a very brief outing for our favourite shiny rock!

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

Resources -

https://www.aamc.org/news/how-we-fail-black-patients-pain

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22239747

https://www.hra.nhs.uk/planning-and-improving-research/best-practice/people-centred-clinical-research/people-centred-clinical-research-infographic/

Books -

Invisible Women - Caroline Criado Perez

Inflamed - Rupa Marya and Raj Patel

Doing Harm - Maya Dusenbery

Divided - Annabel Sowemimo

In this episode, we’re back in Elyse’s corner, with the marvellous shiny rocks, which today will go unpolished! Instead, we’re talking about direct to consumer advertising for prescription and over the counter drugs - the history of it, and why does it happen in such a limited number of places worldwide?

Remember, you can get in touch with us via clinical.research.intro@gmail.com. Please feel free to send questions, comments and compliments for Elyse to read out on the pod. It’s fun to make Debbie squirm!

Credit to our friend Sam Winnie for their awesome and cute music. Check out their work at https://www.samwinnie.com/

References -

Direct-To-Consumer Prescription Drug Advertising: Trends, Impact, And Implications

Pharma and healthcare industry advertising in the U.S. - statistics & facts

Ad spending in dietary supplements category

How advertisers are building up their cannabis ad budgets

Manufacturer Spending on Direct-to-Consumer Advertising for Pharmaceutical Products

AMA press release Nov 2015

Advertising and the promotion of medicines in the UK