LEADER 04672oam 22006854a 450 001 9910466810103321 005 20210915044106.0 010 $a1-5017-1391-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781501713910 035 $a(CKB)3840000000334826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4982975 035 $a(OCoLC)1017610502 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse65579 035 $a(DLC) 2017022718 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001929381 035 $a(DE-B1597)496601 035 $a(OCoLC)986788847 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781501713910 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4982975 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11501959 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000334826 100 $a20170426d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPrescription for the People$eAn Activist?s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All /$fFran Quigley 210 1$aIthaca :$cILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (260 pages) 225 0 $aThe culture and politics of health care work 300 $aPreviously issued in print: 2017. 311 $a1-5017-1392-2 311 $a1-5017-1375-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPeople 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. 330 $aIn Prescription for the People, Fran Quigley diagnoses our inability to get medicines to the people who need them and then prescribes the cure. He delivers a clear and convincing argument for a complete shift in the global and U.S. approach to developing and providing essential medicines-and a primer on how to make that change happen. Globally, 10 million people die each year because they are unable to pay for medicines that would save them. The cost of prescription drugs is bankrupting families and putting a strain on state and federal budgets. Patients' desperate need for affordable medicines clashes with the core business model of the powerful pharmaceutical industry, which maximizes profits whenever possible. It doesn't have to be this way. Patients and activists are aiming to make all essential medicines affordable by reclaiming medicines as a public good and a human right, instead of a profit-making commodity. In this book, Quigley demystifies statistics and terminology, offers solutions to the problems that block universal access to medicines, and provides a road map for activists wanting to make those solutions a reality. 410 0$aCulture and politics of health care work. 606 $aHealth care reform$zUnited States 606 $aPharmaceutical industry$zUnited States 606 $aPharmaceutical policy$zUnited States 606 $aDrug accessibility$zUnited States 606 $aPrescription pricing$zUnited States 606 $aDrugs$xPrices$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aHealth care reform 615 0$aPharmaceutical industry 615 0$aPharmaceutical policy 615 0$aDrug accessibility 615 0$aPrescription pricing 615 0$aDrugs$xPrices 676 $a338.4/36150973 700 $aQuigley$b Fran$f1962-$0965406 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910466810103321 996 $aPrescription for the People$92428285 997 $aUNINA