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Profits before people? : ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weber, Leonard J., 1942-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, [2006]
Series:Bioethics and the humanities.
Subjects:
Pharmaceutical industry > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects > United States.
Drug Industry > ethics > United States.
Drug Industry > economics > United States.
Marketing > ethics > United States.
Pharmaceutical Preparations > United States.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of 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.