04902oam 22007694a 450 991052881580332120240506034721.09781501713910150171391410.1515/9781501713910(CKB)3840000000334826(MiAaPQ)EBC4982975(OCoLC)1017610502(MdBmJHUP)muse65579(DLC) 2017022718(StDuBDS)EDZ0001929381(DE-B1597)496601(OCoLC)986788847(DE-B1597)9781501713910(Au-PeEL)EBL4982975(CaPaEBR)ebr11501959(Perlego)534278(ScCtBLL)a372ad08-78a3-4828-914e-81173c6be8ce(EXLCZ)99384000000033482620170426d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierPrescription for the PeopleAn Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All /Fran Quigley1st ed.Ithaca :ILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,2017.©2017.1 online resource (260 pages)The culture and politics of health care workPreviously issued in print: 2017.9781501713927 1501713922 9781501713750 1501713752 Includes bibliographical references and index.People everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines.In Prescription for the People, Fran Quigley diagnoses our inability to get medicines to the people who need them and then prescribes the cure. He delivers a clear and convincing argument for a complete shift in the global and U.S. approach to developing and providing essential medicines-and a primer on how to make that change happen. Globally, 10 million people die each year because they are unable to pay for medicines that would save them. The cost of prescription drugs is bankrupting families and putting a strain on state and federal budgets. Patients' desperate need for affordable medicines clashes with the core business model of the powerful pharmaceutical industry, which maximizes profits whenever possible. It doesn't have to be this way. Patients and activists are aiming to make all essential medicines affordable by reclaiming medicines as a public good and a human right, instead of a profit-making commodity. In this book, Quigley demystifies statistics and terminology, offers solutions to the problems that block universal access to medicines, and provides a road map for activists wanting to make those solutions a reality.Culture and politics of health care work.Health care reformUnited StatesPharmaceutical industryUnited StatesPharmaceutical policyUnited StatesDrug accessibilityUnited StatesPrescription pricingUnited StatesDrugsPricesUnited StatesElectronic books. Health care reformPharmaceutical industryPharmaceutical policyDrug accessibilityPrescription pricingDrugsPrices338.4/36150973Quigley Fran1962-1143366NEH CARES grantMdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910528815803321Prescription for the People2704238UNINA01219nam0 22003011i 450 UON0049736820231205105358.89988-7741-854-020190903d1995 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||Dalle origini all'età precorteseClaudia HändlPisaETSc1995203 p.23 cm.Dono Prof. Alberto Varvaro.IT-UONSI F. Varvaro2638001UON001760852001 ˆLa ‰ Letteratura tedesca medievale210 PisaEdizioni ETS.1Letteratura tedescaUONC051344FIITPisaUONL000055830.1Primo periodo, fino al 1100; letteratura in antico alto tedesco.21HÄNDLClaudiaUONV135651457292ETSUONV257850650ITSOL20251107RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00497368SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI F. Varvaro2638 SI 31473 7 Dono Prof. Alberto Varvaro.Dalle origini all'età precortese180765UNIOR