"The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) has supported calls for publicly funded weight-loss programs to be made available to all Australians...Clearly, these folks are lying through their drug-dispensing teeth.
PSA Vice-President Shane Jackson supported the overall concept of the Federal Government funding accredited weight-loss programs as part of its focus on preventive-health policies...
'We've seen that consumers are already turning to community pharmacies to provide weight-loss services, a nationally coordinated and funded scheme would further improve access and lock in the highest quality standards.
'The community pharmacy sector offers a cost effective vehicle for the dissemination of key public health messages because it combines local accessibility, access to a health professional's advice, availability of therapeutic products and professional service.
'The distribution of obesity related information and the identification and enrolment of target group consumers into weight-management programs already work well in the community pharmacy setting.
'Pharmacists are well equipped to participate in the dissemination of important messages about obesity to the community and to follow-up with individual consumer-level interventions to complement the role of medical practitioners and other health professionals.
'The Pharmaceutical Society also has well established programs and resources which could be used to deliver obesity related initiatives and messages and we would be keen to work with Government to meet the objective of reducing obesity and overweight in the community.'"
It it were simply matters of the "dissemination of important messages about obesity to the community" and "to deliver obesity related initiatives and messages" they could be doing it now.
And if they are and if it were effective, then there would be no obesity problem to address.
No, these whores are in it to make a buck on the public dole.
I will give them credit for one thing, however. They are not totally dishonest thieves.
"The Pharmaceutical Society of Australia is the organisation that represents the professional interests of pharmacists across the nation. It provides standards of practice, education, training and practice support for pharmacists and helps members of the profession to deliver quality health care to consumers."At least they acknowledge that they are a trade organization intending to help themselves primarily and consumers as an afterthought.
In the USA, the AMA and other organizations are not so forthcoming.
They hide behind the false skirt of "patient advocates."
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