Pills, Power, and Policy : The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences /

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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Tobbell, Dominique A., 1978-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Millbank Memorial Fund, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pharmaceutical industry.
Drugs > Research.
MEDICAL > History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Pharmacoeconomie.
Industrie pharmaceutique > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Medicaments > Recherche > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siecle.
History, 20th Century
Economics, Pharmaceutical
Drug Industry > history
Pharmaceutical industry > United States > History > 20th century.
Drugs > Research > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario: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 Policyoffers a lucid history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against pharmaceutical reform. It details the political strategies they have used to influence public opinion, shape legislative reform, and define the regulatory environment of prescriptio.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (310 pages).
ISBN:9780520952423

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