Pills, power, and policy: the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences
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Pills, power, and policy: the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences
Autor:
Tobbell, Dominique A
Assuntos:
20th
century
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Cold War
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Drug Industry
;
Drugs
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Economics, Pharmaceutical
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Health Sciences
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History
;
History
,
20th
Century
;
Labour relations
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MEDICAL
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Pharmaceuticals
;
Power
;
Reform
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U.S.A
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United States
Notas:
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ObjectType-Book-1
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Descrição:
Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation.Pills, Power, and Policyoffers a lucid
history
of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against pharmaceutical reform. It details the political strategies they have used to influence public opinion, shape legislative reform, and define the regulatory environment of prescription drugs. Untangling the complex relationships between drug companies, physicians, and academic researchers, the book provides essential historical context for understanding how corporate interests came to dominate American health care policy after World War II.
Títulos relacionados:
California/Milbank books on health and the public
Editor:
Berkeley: University of California Press
Data de criação/publicação:
2011
Formato:
310
Idioma:
Inglês