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Autore |
Stossel Thomas P. |
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Pharmaphobia : how the conflict of interest myth undermines American medical innovation / / Thomas P. Stossel |
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Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015 |
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©2015 |
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ISBN |
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1-4422-4462-3 |
1-4422-4463-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (355 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social medicine - United States |
Medical care - United States |
Inventions - United States |
Conflict of interests - United States |
Product safety - United States |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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<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 |
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