Pills, Profits, and Politics

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Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Silverman, Milton M.
Autres auteurs: Lee, Philip R.
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Sujets:
Pharmaceutical industry > United States.
Drugs > Prices > United States.
Drugs > Law and legislation > United States.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Drugs > Side effects.
Drugs.
Drugs > Law and legislation.
Drugs > Prices.
United States.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • Illustrations
  • Tables
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • A Note About the Authors
  • 1. The Revolution in Drugs
  • 2. The Revolution in Drug Making
  • 3. Drug Promotion: ""The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
  • 4. The Impossible Dream: Search for the Absolutely Safe Drug
  • 5. Drug Efficacy: The Case of the Emperor's Old Drugs
  • 6. Drug Quality and the Great Generic Controversy
  • 7. Drug Prices: How High Is Too High?
  • 8. Pharmacy: Revolution in the Making
  • 9. The OTCs: ""If It Wasn't Safe, They Wouldn't Sell It to You Without a Prescription
  • 10. The Role of the Government
  • 11. Adverse Reactions: The Menace of Medications
  • 12. The Physician: Healer or Health Hazard
  • 13. Future Strategy: Prescriptions for Action
  • Appendix 1. Key to Generic and Brand Names and Drug Class
  • Appendix 2. Tables
  • References
  • Index

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