Title: A prescription for action
Description: Janet Irwin is warmly remembered as a fearless activist on issues of health & social justice. This biography tells the story of a woman doctor who more than 20 years ago proposed that aged pensioners should be able to grow marijuana, both for their own use and to sell to the government to supplement their pension..."--Back cover.
Subjects: Social advocacy, Patient advocacy, Physicians, Biography, Women social reformers, Women physicians, Community activists, Women Physicians, Women's Rights
Places: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane
People: Janet Irwin