Hooked : ethics, the medical profession, and the pharmaceutical industry / Howard Brody.

  • Brody, Howard.
Date:
[2007], ©2007
  • Books

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Publication/Creation

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2007], ©2007.

Physical description

xii, 367 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

The good, the bad, and the ugly : a story of two medications -- An ethical framework -- The pharmaceutical industry and the free market -- Patents, generic drugs, and academic science -- Research and profits -- Suppression of research data -- The quality of pharmaceutical research -- The drug rep: historical background -- The drug rep today -- The influence of drug reps: what the data show -- Continuing medical education -- Professional organizations and journal advertising -- The industry and the consumer -- The FDA: from patent medicines to AIDS drugs -- The FDA and the industry, 1990-2004 -- Solutions: the management and divestment strategies -- Solutions requiring enhanced professionalism in medicine -- Solutions requiring regulatory reform.

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    Medical Collection
    W50 2007B86h
    Open shelves

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ISBN

  • 0742552187
  • 9780742552180