| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Bioethics and the humanities
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Bioethics and the humanities.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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. |
| Summary |
Includes information on advertising, conflicts of interest, cost of pharmaceuticals, direct to consumer advertising, advertising to patients, Pfizer, pricing of pharmaceuticals, profit motive, samples of pharmaceuticals, etc. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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United States. |
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Pharmaceutical industry. |
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Marketing -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.
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Marketing -- Moral and ethical aspects. |
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Drug Industry -- ethics. |
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Drug Industry -- economics. |
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Marketing -- ethics. |
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Pharmaceutical Preparations. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Weber, Leonard J., 1942- Profits before people?. Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2006 0253347483 9780253347480 (DLC) 2005027198 (OCoLC)61692698 |
| ISBN |
9780253112101 (electronic book) |
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0253112109 (electronic book) |
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0253347483 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780253347480 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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