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Contested ground : public purpose and private interest in the regulation of prescription drugs / edited by Peter Davis.
- Title
- Contested ground : public purpose and private interest in the regulation of prescription drugs / edited by Peter Davis.
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1996.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | RA401.A1 C655 1996 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Davis, Peter, 1947 April 25-
- Description
- x, 262 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: Medicines in a Postmodern World / Peter Davis -- 1. The Pharmakon Phenomenon: Cultural Conceptions of Drugs and Drug Use / Michael Montagne -- 2. Medicalization and the Pharmacological Treatment of Blood Pressure / Ichiro Kawachi and Peter Conrad -- 3. Anxious Times: The Benzodiazepine Controversy and the Fracturing of Expert Authority / Jonathan Gabe and Michael Bury -- 4. Adverse Reactions, Social Responses: A Tale of Two Asthma Mortality Epidemics / Neil Pearce -- 5. The Consumer Movement: From Single-Issue Campaigns to Long-Term Reform / Barbara Mintzes and Catherine Hodgkin -- 6. Market and Industrial Structure / Robert H. Ballance -- 7. Pharmaceutical Innovation in a Changing Environment / Kenneth I. Kaitin -- 8. Prices for Prescription Drugs: The Roles of Market Forces and Government Regulation / David J. Gross, Joseph Kile, Jonathan Ratner and Celia Thomas -- 9. The Professional and Corporate Context: Trends in the United States / J. Warren Salmon --
- 10. Pharmacy in the Western World Health Care Systems / Albert Wertheimer, W. Michael Dickson and Becky A. Briesacher -- 11. Pharmaceutical Policy and Regulation: Setting the Pace in the European Community / Leigh Hancher -- 12. The Liberalization of Access to Medication in the United States and Europe / Pauline Vaillancourt Rosenau and Christine Thoer -- 13. Developments in Economic Evaluation: The Subsidization of Pharmaceuticals / Michael Aristides, Andrew S. Mitchell and David A. Henry -- 14. The Self-Regulation of Pharmaceutical Marketing: Initiatives for Reform / Joel Lexchin and Ichiro Kawachi -- 15. New Approaches to Influencing Physicians' Drug Choices: The Practice-Based Strategy / Flora V. Haaijer-Ruskamp and Petra Denig -- Conclusion: Policy Scenarios for Prescription Drugs / Hubert Leufkens and Peter Davis.
- ISBN
- 0195091205
- LCCN
- 95047819
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries