Designing medicine information 01Sep05

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David Sless and Ruth Shrensky published a paper about Designing medicine information for people: an introduction to the course

"Usable and safe medicines need usable medicine information.

Medicines are information-dependent products; without information, medicines are unusable and potentially dangerous. If medicines are to be used safely and appropriately, they must be accompanied by usable information.

This paper introduces you to the methods for designing usable medicine information by showing you how medicine information design has grown out of the traditional crafts, and more recently, out of the design professions. It is an introduction to your training in medicine information design.

It may seem on the face of it that there is little in common between designing a tangible product such as a building or a machine and designing the ephemeral communication between a medicine supplier and a consumer. In fact, there is a remarkable similarity in the overall principles and processes used (Jones 1980)."

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Designing medicine information for people: an introduction to the course