| Description |
xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Explorations in bioethics and the medical humanities
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| Bibliography |
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. |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Physicians -- Professional ethics.
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Ethics, Medical -- United States. |
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Conflict of Interest -- United States. |
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Drug Industry -- United States. |
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Public Policy -- United States. |
| ISBN |
0742552187 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780742552180 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
NLM 101278203 |
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YDXCP 2444791 |
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NZ1 10852793 |
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