| Description |
xii, 367 pages |
| Series |
Explorations in bioethics and the medical humanities |
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Explorations in bioethics and the medical humanities.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
For decades, medical professionals have betrayed the public's trust by accepting various benefits from the pharmaceutical industry. Both drug company representatives and doctors employ artful spin to portray this behavior positively to the public, and to themselves. In Hooked, Howard Brody argues that we can neither understand the problem, nor propose helpful solutions until we identify the many levels of activity connecting these purportedly noble industries. We can pass laws and enact regulations, but ultimately the medical profession must take responsibility for its own integrity. Hooked is a wake-up call for anyone expecting high quality, ethical medical care |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical ethics.
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Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Physicians -- Professional ethics.
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Ethics, Medical.
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Conflict of Interest.
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Drug Industry.
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Physicians.
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Public Policy.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
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United States. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 |
| LC no. |
2006018423 |
| ISBN |
0742552187 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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9780742552180 (cloth : alk. paper) |
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