Sometimes it takes a loss of life to make a difference

BMJ. 2008 Jan 12;336(7635):73. doi: 10.1136/bmj.39430.705752.94.

Abstract

Media coverage of one death from melanoma helped spur on Australian legislation on sunbeds, but the groundwork had already been laid

MeSH terms

  • Focus Groups
  • Heliotherapy
  • Humans
  • Legislation, Medical
  • Melanoma / mortality*
  • Newspapers as Topic
  • Skin Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Victoria / epidemiology