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Public Citizen Health Research Group (HRG), www.citizen.org/hrg, promotes research-based, system-wide changes in health care policy and provides oversight on drugs, medical devices, doctors and hospitals, and occupational health.


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), www.citizen.org/hrg, promotes research-based, system-wide changes in health care policy and provides oversight
For Oversight in Wikipedia, see Wikipedia:Oversight.


Oversight may refer to:
  • Government regulation — The role of an official authority in regulating a separate authority.
 on drugs, medical devices, doctors and hospitals, and occupational health. The HRG advocates for banning or relabeling unsafe or ineffective drugs and medical devices and improving safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory.  at work sites. Through online newsletters and postings, the site provides updates on drugs and medical devices, information about doctors disciplined by state medical boards, and educational material for consumers about health care services.

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Publication:Physical Therapy
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Date:Aug 1, 2004
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