Effects of a drug overdose in a television drama on knowledge of specific dangers of self poisoning: population based surveys

A paper is presented on the impact of the fictional portrayal of a potentially fatal paracetamol overdose in the television drama "Casualty" on short and long term knowledge related to paracetamol poisoning. There was an increase in overdose presentations to general hospitals after the bro...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMJ 1999-04, Vol.318 (7189), p.978-979
Hauptverfasser:	O'Connor, Susan, Deeks, Jonathan J, Hawton, Keith, Simkin, Sue, Keen, Allison, Altman, Douglas G, Philo, Greg, Bulstrode, Christopher
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acetaminophen - poisoning Analgesics, Non-Narcotic - poisoning Awareness Biological and medical sciences Broadcasting industry Dosage Drama Drug effects Drug overdose Drug Overdose - epidemiology Female Health Surveys Humans Male Medical sciences Miscellaneous Overdose Poisoning Poisoning - epidemiology Poisoning - psychology Public health. Hygiene Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine Questionnaires Self Suicides & suicide attempts Television Television programs Television viewers Television viewing United Kingdom - epidemiology Writing tablets
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Zusammenfassung:	A paper is presented on the impact of the fictional portrayal of a potentially fatal paracetamol overdose in the television drama "Casualty" on short and long term knowledge related to paracetamol poisoning. There was an increase in overdose presentations to general hospitals after the broadcast of a "Casualty" episode.
ISSN:	0959-8138 0959-8146 1468-5833 1756-1833
DOI:	10.1136/bmj.318.7189.978