Profits before people? : ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs / / Leonard J. Weber

• Autore: Weber Leonard J. <1942->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2006
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (225 p.)
• Disciplina: 174/.96151
• Soggetto topico: Pharmaceutical industry - Moral and ethical aspects - United States; Marketing - Moral and ethical aspects - United States
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-197) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Ethics and for-profit business -- The pharmaceutical industry and its stakeholders -- Drug companies and healthcare professionals : the ethics agenda -- Medical professionalism and scientific integrity -- The industry's code : not good enough -- Drug samples : the most important gifts -- Marketing is not objective education -- Medical education : industry at arm's length -- Clinical research and the limits of commercial interests -- Citizens and consumers -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : conflicting interests -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : better is better.
• Sommario/riassunto: The pharmaceutical industry has come under intense criticism in recent years. One poll found that 70% of the sample agreed that drug companies put profits ahead of people. Is this perception accurate? Have drug companies traded ethics for profits and placed people at risk?In Profits before People? Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such practices as compensating physician
• Titolo autorizzato: Profits before people
• ISBN: 1-282-07290-0; 9786612072901; 0-253-11210-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808087803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Bioethics and the humanities.