Hooked Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry

Name: Hooked Ethics, the Medical Profession, and the Pharmaceutical Industry
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ISBN: 9780742552180

ISBN-10: 0742552187

ISBN-13: 9780742552180

Edition: 2007

Authors: Howard Brody

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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.

Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
Publication date: 12/1/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 382
Size: 6.33" wide x 9.57" long x 1.09" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English



Introduction : the tipping point



The good, the bad, and the ugly : a story of two medications



An ethical framework



The pharmaceutical industry and the free market



Patents, generic drugs, and academic science



Research and profits



Suppression of research data



The quality of pharmaceutical research



The drug rep : historical background



The drug rep today



The influence of drug reps : what the data show



Continuing medical education



Professional organizations and journal advertising



The industry and the consumer



The FDA : from patent medicines to AIDS drugs



The FDA and the industry, 1990-2004



Solutions : the management and divestment strategies



Solutions requiring enhanced professionalism in medicine



Solutions requiring regulatory reform


Epilogue : industry woes and professional opportunities