Children and Drug Safety : Balancing Risk and Protection in Twentieth-Century America /

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This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance--many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and eff...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connolly, Cynthia A. (Cynthia Anne) (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2018]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Pediatric pharmacology.
Medical policy.
Drugs.
Children.
LAW > Medical Law & Legislation.
MEDICAL > Pharmacology.
children (people by age group)
Medecine > Histoire > 20e siecle.
Enfants.
Politique sanitaire > États-Unis.
Medicaments > Histoire.
Pharmacologie pediatrique > Histoire.
Drug Therapy > standards
Drug and Narcotic Control > history
Health Policy > history
History, 20th Century
Drug Therapy > history
Child
Medical policy > United States.
Drugs > History.
Pediatric pharmacology > History.
United States.
United States
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This book traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century. It illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance--many of the drugs administered to children today have never been tested for safety and efficacy in the pediatric population.
Physical Description:1 online resource (260 pages).
ISBN:9780813563893
Access:Open Access

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