Drugs for Life : How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health /

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"Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. In Drugs for Life, Joseph Dumit considers how our burgeoning consumption of medicine and cost of he...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dumit, Joseph
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham, N.C. : Duke University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
Sociale aspecten.
Drugs.
Arzneimittelkonsum
Medizinische Ethik
Arzneimittelmarkt
Pharmazeutische Industrie
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects.
Drugs > Social aspects.
Drug utilization.
Social ecology.
Industry.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology.
human ecology.
Écologie sociale.
Medicaments > Usage > États-Unis.
Medicaments > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Industrie pharmaceutique > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Social Environment
Community Participation
Drug utilization > United States.
Drugs > Social aspects > United States.
Pharmaceutical industry > Social aspects > United States.
Etats-Unis.
Verenigde Staten.
United States.
Electronic books.
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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