Access to Medicines as a Human Right : Implications for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibility /

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This thought-provoking interdisciplinary collection grapples with corporate responsibility for the provision of medicines in low- and middle-income countries. The book begins with an examination of human rights, norms, and ethics in relation to the private sector, moving to consider the tensions bet...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Kohler, Jillian Clare, Forman, Lisa, 1970-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social responsibility of business.
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects.
Pharmaceutical ethics.
Human rights > Health aspects.
Human rights.
MEDICAL > Pharmacy.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Entreprises > Responsabilite sociale > Études de cas.
Entreprises > Responsabilite sociale.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international) > Aspect sanitaire.
Pharmaciens > Deontologie.
Industrie pharmaceutique > Aspect moral.
Ethics, Pharmacy
Social Responsibility
Human Rights
Health Services Accessibility > ethics
Drug Industry > ethics
Social responsibility of business > Case studies.
Case studies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1 Introduction: Access to Medicines as a Human Right- What Does It Mean for Pharmaceutical Industry Responsibilities? / Lisa Forman and Jillian Clare Kohler
  • Part one : RIghts, Norms, and Ethics. Human Rights Responsibilities of Pharmaceutical Companies in Relation to Access to Medicines / Rajat Khosla and Paul Hunt
  • Improving Access to Essential Medicines: International Law and Normative Change / Asher Alkoby
  • Corporate Social Responsibility and the Right to Essential Medicines / Patricia Illingworth.
  • Part Two : Social Versus Business Responsibilities. Benchmarking and Transparency: Incentives for the Pharmaceutical Industry's Corporate Social Responsibility / Matthew Lee and Jillian Clare Kohler
  • Social responsibility and marketing of drugs in developing countries : a goal or an oxymoron? / Joel Lexchin.
  • Part 3. Case studies for achieving corporate responsibility. Managing the market for medicines access : realizing the right to health by facilitating compulsory licensing of pharmaceuticals : a case study of legislation and the need for reform / Richard Eilliott
  • Ubuntu, AIDS, and the King II report : reflections on corporate social responsibility in South Africa / Judith King and Stephanie Nixon
  • Annex : human rights guidelines for pharmaceutical companies in relation to access to medicines.

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