Drugs for Life How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health

Name: Drugs for Life How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health
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ISBN: 9780822348719

ISBN-10: 0822348713

ISBN-13: 9780822348719

Edition: 2012

Authors: Joseph Dumit

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Every year the average number of prescriptions purchased by Americans increases, as do healthcare expenditures, which are projected to reach one fifth of the U.S. gross domestic product by 2020. InDrugs for Life, Joseph Dumit considers how our burgeoning consumption of medicine and cost of healthcare not only came to be, but came to be taken for granted. For several years, Dumit attended pharmaceutical industry conferences; spoke with marketers, researchers, doctors, and patients; and surveyed the industry's literature regarding strategies to expand markets for prescription drugs. He concluded that underlying the continual growth in medications, disease categories, costs, and insecurity is…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 9/3/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.20" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.858
Language: English