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Few people realize that prescription drugs have become a leading cause of death, disease, and disability. Adverse reactions to widely used drugs, such as psychotropics and birth control pills, as well as biologicals, result in FDA warnings against adverse reactions.The Risks of Prescription Drugs de...

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Otros Autores: Brody, Howard (Contribuidor), Conrad, Peter (Contribuidor), Horwitz, Allan V. (Contribuidor), Light, Donald W. (Contribuidor), Light, Donald (Editor ), Stults, Cheryl (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2010]
Colección:A Columbia / SSRC Book (Privatization of Risk)
Temas:
Drugs > Risk assessment.
Drugs > Risk factors.
Pharmaceutical industry > Risk management.
Pharmaceutical policy > United States.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • 1. Bearing the Risks of Prescription Drugs
  • 2. The Food and Drug Administration: Inadequate Protection from Serious Risks
  • 3. The Commercialization of Medical Decisions: Physicians and Patients at Risk
  • 4. Pharmaceuticals and the Medicalization of Social Life
  • 5. Medicalization and Risk Scares: The Case of Menopause and HRT
  • Epilogue: Toward Safer Prescribing and Better Drugs
  • Contributors

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