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Pharmaceutical freedom : why patients have a right to self medicate /

Jessica Flanigan defends patients' rights of self-medication on the grounds that same moral reasons against medical paternalism in clinical contexts are also reasons against paternalistic pharmaceutical policies, including prohibitive approval processes and prescription requirements.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Flanigan, Jessica (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:
Drug accessibility > Law and legislation.
Pharmacy > Law and legislation.
Medical laws and legislation.
Self medication.
Ethics, Clinical
Self Medication
Prescription Drugs
Paternalism
Drug Industry > ethics
Patient Rights
Self Administration
Automédication.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Self medication
Drug accessibility > Law and legislation
Medical laws and legislation
Pharmacy > Law and legislation
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Jessica Flanigan defends patients' rights of self-medication on the grounds that same moral reasons against medical paternalism in clinical contexts are also reasons against paternalistic pharmaceutical policies, including prohibitive approval processes and prescription requirements.
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190684570
0190684577
9780190684556
0190684550