Risks of Prescription Drugs

Name: Risks of Prescription Drugs
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ISBN: 9780231146937

ISBN-10: 0231146930

ISBN-13: 9780231146937

Edition: 2010

Authors: Donald W. Light

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Calling on a diverse range of experts, this book tackles critical questions about the pharmaceutical industry and the privatization of risk. To what extent does the FDA protect the public from serious side effects and possible disasters? What is the impact of giving greater roles to the private sector and markets and reducing public oversight? This volume considers whether current rules and incentives put patients at greater risk; the effect of the expansion of disease categories; the industry's justification of high U. S. prices and the financial risk they must bear; and the underlying shifts in the burdens of risks borne by individuals in the world of pharmaceuticals.

Book details

List price: $21.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Publication date: 10/14/2010
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 184
Size: 0.56" wide x 0.82" long x 0.05" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English




Bearing the Risks of Prescription Drugs




The Food and Drug Administration: Inadequate Protection from Serious Risks




The Commercialization of Medical Decisions: Physicians and Patients at Risk




Pharmaceuticals and the Medicalization of Social Life




Medicalization and Risk Scares: The Case of Menopause and HRT



Epilogue: Toward Safer Prescribing and Better Drugs



List of Contributors