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Pills, power, and policy : the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences /
Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation. Pills, Power, and Policyoffer...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berkeley : New York :
University of California Press ; Millbank Memorial Fund,
©2012.
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| Colección: | California/Milbank books on health and the public ;
23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Knowledgeable relations : the building of a pharmaceutical research network
- Workforce relations : the invention of the pharmaceutical post-doctoral fellowship
- Professional relations : crafting the public image of the health care team
- Cold war alliances : Kefauver's bid for pharmaceutical reform
- Expert alliances : creating the drug research board
- Generic alliances and the backlash against regulatory reform.