ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs /
Leonard J. Weber
206 pages ;
24 cm
Bioethics and the humanities
Includes bibliographical references (pages [185]-197) and index
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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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
Marketing-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States
Pharmaceutical industry-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States