The $800 million pill : the truth behind the cost of new drugs / / Merrill Goozner |
Autore | Goozner Merrill <1950-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (304 pages) |
Disciplina | 338.4/3/61510973 |
Soggetto topico |
Prescription pricing
Drugs - Prices Pharmaceutical industry Consumer education |
Soggetto non controllato |
american society
biochemists biotech drugs drug companies drug cost drug culture drug funding drug innovation drug manufacturing drug pricing expose piece genetic disorders government funded research high costs human genome project investments medical breakthroughs medical innovations medical research pharmaceutical companies prescription drugs private sector public heath public sector research and development us government |
ISBN |
1-282-35824-3
9786612358241 0-520-93928-X 1-59734-450-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction -- PART ONE. BIOHYPE -- PART TWO. DIRECTED RESEARCH -- PART THREE. BIG PHARMA -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Altri titoli varianti | Eight hundred million dollar pill |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780445003321 |
Goozner Merrill <1950-> | ||
Berkeley : , : University of California Press, , 2004 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Haunting images : a cultural account of selective reproduction in Vietnam / / Tine M. Gammeltoft |
Autore | Gammeltoft Tine M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7/609597 |
Soggetto topico |
Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects - Vietnam
Abortion - Social aspects - Vietnam |
Soggetto non controllato |
abnormal
babies belonging biology biomedical technology case studies children contemporary vietnam diagnostic capability ethnographic fieldwork fetus gender studies global medicine hanoi kinship love and loss medical innovations moral assessments morality motherhood parenthood political pregnancy pregnant women prenatal screening prospective parents questions of belonging reproductive decision making technology ultrasonography ultrasound examination vietnam vietnamese mothers vietnamese women |
ISBN |
0-520-27843-7
0-520-95815-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Sonographic Imaging and Selective Reproduction in Hanoi -- 2. A Collectivizing Biopolitics -- 3. Precarious Maternal Belonging -- 4. "Like a Loving Mother": Moral Engagements in Medical Worlds -- 5. "How Have We Lived?" Accounting for Reproductive Misfortune -- 6. Beyond Knowledge: Everyday Encounters with Disability -- 7. Questions of Conscience -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Core Cases -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791083203321 |
Gammeltoft Tine M | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Haunting images : a cultural account of selective reproduction in Vietnam / / Tine M. Gammeltoft |
Autore | Gammeltoft Tine M |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
Disciplina | 179.7/609597 |
Soggetto topico |
Abortion - Moral and ethical aspects - Vietnam
Abortion - Social aspects - Vietnam |
Soggetto non controllato |
abnormal
babies belonging biology biomedical technology case studies children contemporary vietnam diagnostic capability ethnographic fieldwork fetus gender studies global medicine hanoi kinship love and loss medical innovations moral assessments morality motherhood parenthood political pregnancy pregnant women prenatal screening prospective parents questions of belonging reproductive decision making technology ultrasonography ultrasound examination vietnam vietnamese mothers vietnamese women |
ISBN |
0-520-27843-7
0-520-95815-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Introduction -- 1. Sonographic Imaging and Selective Reproduction in Hanoi -- 2. A Collectivizing Biopolitics -- 3. Precarious Maternal Belonging -- 4. "Like a Loving Mother": Moral Engagements in Medical Worlds -- 5. "How Have We Lived?" Accounting for Reproductive Misfortune -- 6. Beyond Knowledge: Everyday Encounters with Disability -- 7. Questions of Conscience -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Core Cases -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910824526903321 |
Gammeltoft Tine M | ||
Berkeley, California : , : University of California Press, , 2014 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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