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The group accepted that the appropriate and safe use of effective and safe medicinal products is an important part of self-care. If such use is to improve then the individual who seeks relief from symptoms will require educating about which disorders to self-treat, the selection of appropriate medicines and when to seek medical dadvice. However the questions posed by Fry were deemed to be so inter-related that it would be more profitable to discuss their general implication than to try and answer the questions individually.
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Walker, J.H., Currey, S., Davis, J., Parish, P.A. (1979). Supplementary discussion. In: Anderson, J.A.D. (eds) Self-Medication. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-8143-3_14
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