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Hooked: How Medicine's Dependence on the Pharmaceutical Industry Undermines Professional Ethics (Explorations in Bioethics and the Medical ... Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry

By Howard Brody

Book information

Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Year
2006
ISBN
9780742552180, 0742552187, 2006018423
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
81 MB (84833972 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
382\390
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2021-10-22 09:57:07

Description

For decades, medical professionals have betrayed the public's trust by accepting various benefits from the pharmaceutical industry. Both drug company representatives and doctors employ artful spin to portray this behavior positively to the public, and to themselves. In Hooked, Howard Brody argues that we can neither understand the problem, nor propose helpful solutions until we identify the many levels of activity connecting these purportedly noble industries. We can pass laws and enact regulations, but ultimately the medical profession must take responsibility for its own integrity. Hooked is a wake-up call for anyone expecting high quality, ethical medical care.

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