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Autore: | Tobbell Dominique A. <1978-> |
Titolo: | Pills, power, and policy : the struggle for drug reform in Cold War America and its consequences / / Dominique A. Tobbell |
Pubblicazione: | Berkeley, : University of California Press |
New York, : Millbank Memorial Fund, c2012 | |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (311 p.) |
Disciplina: | 338.4/76151 |
Soggetto topico: | Drugs - Research - United States - History - 20th century |
Pharmaceutical industry - United States - History - 20th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Front matter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now -- 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network -- 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship -- 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team -- 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver's Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform -- 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board -- 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Sommario/riassunto: | Since the 1950's, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation. Pills, Power, and Policy offers a lucid history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against pharmaceutical reform. It details the political strategies they have used to influence public opinion, shape legislative reform, and define the regulatory environment of prescription drugs. Untangling the complex relationships between drug companies, physicians, and academic researchers, the book provides essential historical context for understanding how corporate interests came to dominate American health care policy after World War II. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Pills, Power, and Policy |
ISBN: | 1-280-11677-3 |
9786613521064 | |
0-520-95242-1 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910817312103321 |
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