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BL
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654246
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dltt
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| Main Entry
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Weber, Leonard J.,1942-
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| Title & Author
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Profits before people? : : ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs /\ Leonard J. Weber
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| Series Statement
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Bioethics and the humanities
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| Page. NO
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206 pages ;; 24 cm
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| ISBN
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0253347483
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: 9780253347480
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-197) and index
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| Contents
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Ethics and for-profit business -- The pharmaceutical industry and its stakeholders -- Drug companies and healthcare professionals : the ethics agenda -- Medical professionalism and scientific integrity -- The industry's code : not good enough -- Drug samples : the most important gifts -- Marketing is not objective education -- Medical education : industry at arm's length -- Clinical research and the limits of commercial interests -- Citizens and consumers -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : conflicting interests -- Direct-to-consumer advertising : better is better
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| Abstract
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Includes information on advertising, conflicts of interest, cost of pharmaceuticals, direct to consumer advertising, advertising to patients, Pfizer, pricing of pharmaceuticals, profit motive, samples of pharmaceuticals, etc
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| Subject
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Pharmaceutical industry-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States
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Marketing-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States
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Drug Industry-- ethics-- United States
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Drug Industry-- economics-- United States
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Marketing-- ethics-- United States
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Pharmaceutical Preparations-- United States
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| Dewey Classification
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174/.96151
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| LC Classification
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HD9666.5.W43 2006
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2006 F-240
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QV 736W374p 2006
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