Profits before People?.

In Profits before People? Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such practices as compensating physicians for serving as speakers or consultants, providing incentives to physici...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Weber, Leonard J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2006.
Temas:
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Drugs.
Drug Industry > ethics
Drug Industry > economics
Marketing > ethics
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Industrie pharmaceutique > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Marketing > Aspect moral > États-Unis.
Médicaments.
Drugs
Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:In Profits before People? Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such practices as compensating physicians for serving as speakers or consultants, providing incentives to physicians to enroll patients as subjects in clinical research, and advertising prescription drugs to the public through the mass media. His critique of the industry is stern. ''The profit motive can be a very powerful incentive, so powerful that it can, at times, distort a company's understanding of its t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (225 pages)
ISBN:9780253112101
0253112109

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