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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788291403321

Autore

Stossel Thomas P.

Titolo

Pharmaphobia : how the conflict of interest myth undermines American medical innovation / / Thomas P. Stossel

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4462-3

1-4422-4463-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (355 p.)

Disciplina

362.10973

Soggetti

Social medicine - United States

Medical care - United States

Inventions - United States

Conflict of interests - United States

Product safety - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; I: Some Benefits and the Mechanics of Medical Innovation; 1 The Stakes; 2 A Practitioner's History of Medical Innovation; II: Why We Have A Medical Innovation Crisis; 3 Enter the Conflict-of-Interest Mania; 4 The Mania Mongers; III: Why They Are Wrong; 5 Abusing Evidence; 6 Bad Policy Process; 7 Flawed and Damaging Policies; 8 Misunderstanding Innovation; 9 Economic Illiteracy; 10 Misplaced Criticism of Incremental Innovation; 11 Rushing to Judgment with False Product Safety Alarms; 12 Demonizing Marketing Is False Advertising; 13 The Gift Smoke Screen

14 The Lawyers' BallIV: The Damage They Do, and How to Stop It; 15 The Price We Pay; 16 What Is to Be Done?; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

<span><span>While plenty can be said about the dysfunction of our health care system, rarely do business and private players in health care innovation get a good rap. This book takes on skeptics of the partnership between the medical community, political groups, and private businesses, by illustrating how such cooperation can result in



world-class innovation and health care delivery.</span></span>