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Profits before people? ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs /

Weber, Leonard J., 1942-

Profits before people? ethical standards and the marketing of prescription drugs / [electronic resource] : Leonard J. Weber. - Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c2006. - 206 p. - Bioethics and the humanities . - Bioethics and the humanities. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Pharmaceutical industry--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Marketing--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.


Electronic books.

HD9666.5 / .W43 2006

174/.96151

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