Profits before people? [electronic resource] : ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs / Leonard J. Weber.
By: Weber, Leonard J.
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BookSeries: Bioethics and the humanities: Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006Description: 206 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States | Marketing -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 174/.96151 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-197) 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.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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