Drugs for Life : How Pharmaceutical Companies Define Our Health
Joseph. Dumit
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | North Carolina : : Duke University Press, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (277 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: Responding to Facts; Two: Pharmaceutical Witnessing and Direct- to- Consumer Advertising; Three: Having to Grow Medicine; Four: Mass Health: Illness Is a Line You Cross; Five: Moving the Lines: Deciding on Thresholds; Six: Knowing Your Numbers: Pharmaceutical Lifestyles; Conclusion: Living in a World of Surplus Health: Frequently Asked Questions; Notes; References; Index. - Joseph Dumit argues that underlying Americans' burgeoning consumption of prescription drugs and the skyrocketing cost of healthcare is a relatively new perception of ourselves as inherently ill and in need of chronic treatment.
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| Emner | Drug utilization - United States
Drugs - Social aspects - United States Pharmaceutical industry - Social aspects - United States Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena Vis mer... Community Health Services
Consumer Organizations Consumer Participation Drug Industry Health Care Health Care Economics and Organizations Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services Health Services Industry Organizations Social Environment Social Sciences Sociology Technology, Industry, Agriculture Technology, Industry, and Agriculture Antropologi Business & Economics Farmasøytisk industri Helse Industries Legemidler : (NO-TrBIB)HUME03777 Medisiner Medisinsk antropologi helse medisiner medisinsk antropologi farmasøytisk indistri |
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| ISBN | 9780822348603. - 9780822348719
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