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Author Weber, Leonard J., 1942-

Title Profits before people? [electronic resource] : ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs / Leonard J. Weber.

Imprint Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.

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Description 206 p.
Series Bioethics and the humanities
Bioethics and the humanities.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-197) and index.
Contents Ethics and for-profit business -- The pharmaceutical industry and its stakeholders -- Drug companies and healthcare professionals : the ethics agenda -- Medical professionalism and scientific integrity -- The industry's code : not good enough -- Drug samples : the most important gifts -- Marketing is not objective education -- Medical education : industry at arm's length -- Clinical research and the limits of commercial interests -- Citizens and consumers -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : conflicting interests -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : better is better.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Marketing -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0253347483 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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