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Author:

Kinch, Michael, 1966- author.

Title:

The price of health : the modern pharmaceutical enterprise and the betrayal of a history of care / Michael Kinch and Lori Weiman ; foreword by Mark Cuban.

Edition:

First Pegasus books edition.

Publisher:

Pegasus Books,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xviii, 366 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Subject:

Pharmaceutical industry--United States--History.
Drugs--United States--Marketing.
Prescription pricing--United States.

Other Authors:

Weiman, Lori, author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-358) and index.

Summary:

The Price of Health reveals the story of how the pharmaceutical enterprise took shape and led to the present crisis. The reputation of the pharmaceutical industry is suffering from self-inflicted wounds and its continued viability, indeed survival, is increasingly questioned. Yet the drug makers do not shoulder all the blame or responsibility for the current price crisis. Deeply researched, The Price of Health gives us hope as to how we can still right the ship, even amidst the roiling storm of a global pandemic-- Provided by publisher

ISBN:

1643136801
9781643136806

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1245416827

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)