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

By: Series: Bioethics and the humanitiesPublication details: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006.Description: p. ; cmISBN:
  • 0253347483 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 174/.96151 22
LOC classification:
  • HD9666.5 .W43 2006
NLM classification:
  • QV 736
Online resources:
Contents:
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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