On the take [[electronic resource] ] : how America's complicity with big business can endanger your health / / Jerome P. Kassirer

• Autore: Kassirer Jerome P. <1932->
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 p.)
• Disciplina: 174.2/6
• Soggetto topico: Physicians - Professional ethics - United States; Pharmaceutical industry - Corrupt practices - United States; Medical ethics - United States; Conflict of interests; Gifts
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-239) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Free gifts, free meals, free education, special deals -- Money-warped behavior -- Conflicts of interest : financial and otherwise -- Influenced by gifts? Not I! -- Your doctor's tainted information -- Our obliging professional organizations -- Can you trust your doctor? -- Can we trust our researchers? -- How did it happen? -- What can be done?
• Sommario/riassunto: On the Take offers an unsettling look at the pervasive payoffs that physicians take from big drug companies and other medical suppliers, arguing that the billion-dollar onslaught of industry money has deflected many physicians' moral compasses and directly impacted the everyday care we receive from the doctors and trusted institutions.
• Titolo autorizzato: On the take
• ISBN: 1-280-56052-5; 1-4237-4669-4; 0-19-803929-8; 1-60256-530-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457537603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II