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Author:

Brody, Howard.

Title:

Hooked : ethics, the medical profession, and the pharmaceutical industry / Howard Brody.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield,

Copyright Date:

c2007

Description:

xii, 367 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Medical ethics.
Pharmaceutical industry--Moral and ethical aspects.
Physicians--Professional ethics.
Ethics, Medical--United States.
Conflict of interest--United States.
Drug Industry--United States.
Physicians--United States.
Public Policy--United States.

Notes:

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.

Series:

Explorations in bioethics and the medical humanities

ISBN:

9780742552180 (cloth : alk. paper)
0742552187 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)70051363

LCCN:

2006018423

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)