Drugs for life : how pharmaceutical companies define our health /

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Joseph Dumit argues that underlying Americans' burgeoning consumption of prescription drugs and the skyrocketing cost of healthcare is a relatively new perception of ourselves as inherently ill and in need of chronic treatment.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dumit, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Experimental futures.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects > United States.
Drugs > Social aspects > United States.
Drug utilization > United States.
Social ecology.
Community Participation
Social Environment
Industrie pharmaceutique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Médicaments > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Médicaments > Usage > États-Unis.
Écologie sociale.
human ecology.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Industry.
Social ecology
Drug utilization
Drugs > Social aspects
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects
Pharmazeutische Industrie
Arzneimittelmarkt
Medizinische Ethik
Arzneimittelkonsum
Drugs.
Sociale aspecten.
United States
Verenigde Staten.
Etats-Unis.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Responding to facts
  • Pharmaceutical witnessing and direct-to-consumer advertising
  • Having to grow medicine
  • Mass health: illness is a line you cross
  • Moving the lines: deciding on thresholds
  • Knowing your numbers: pharmaceutical lifestyles
  • Living in a world of surplus health: frequently asked questions.

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