Pills, Profits, and Politics [electronic resource].
2021
HD9666.6
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Title
Pills, Profits, and Politics [electronic resource].
Author
ISBN
9780520328907 (electronic bk.)
0520328906 (electronic bk.)
0520328906 (electronic bk.)
Imprint
Berkeley : University of California Press, [2021]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (422 p.)
Call Number
HD9666.6
System Control No.
(OCoLC)1376934808
Summary
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1974.
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Description based upon print version of record.
Formatted Contents Note
Intro
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Tables
Foreword
Preface
A Note About the Authors
1. The Revolution in Drugs
2. The Revolution in Drug Making
3. Drug Promotion: ""The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
4. The Impossible Dream: Search for the Absolutely Safe Drug
5. Drug Efficacy: The Case of the Emperor's Old Drugs
6. Drug Quality and the Great Generic Controversy
7. Drug Prices: How High Is Too High?
8. Pharmacy: Revolution in the Making
9. The OTCs: ""If It Wasn't Safe, They Wouldn't Sell It to You Without a Prescription
10. The Role of the Government
11. Adverse Reactions: The Menace of Medications
12. The Physician: Healer or Health Hazard
13. Future Strategy: Prescriptions for Action
Appendix 1. Key to Generic and Brand Names and Drug Class
Appendix 2. Tables
References
Index
CONTENTS
Illustrations
Tables
Foreword
Preface
A Note About the Authors
1. The Revolution in Drugs
2. The Revolution in Drug Making
3. Drug Promotion: ""The Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
4. The Impossible Dream: Search for the Absolutely Safe Drug
5. Drug Efficacy: The Case of the Emperor's Old Drugs
6. Drug Quality and the Great Generic Controversy
7. Drug Prices: How High Is Too High?
8. Pharmacy: Revolution in the Making
9. The OTCs: ""If It Wasn't Safe, They Wouldn't Sell It to You Without a Prescription
10. The Role of the Government
11. Adverse Reactions: The Menace of Medications
12. The Physician: Healer or Health Hazard
13. Future Strategy: Prescriptions for Action
Appendix 1. Key to Generic and Brand Names and Drug Class
Appendix 2. Tables
References
Index
Added Author
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Print version: Silverman, Milton M. Pills, Profits, and Politics Berkeley : University of California Press,c2021
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