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Drugs for life: how pharmaceutical companies define our health
Abstract
Acknowledgments ix List of Illustrations xi Introduction 1 1. Responding to Facts 27 2. Pharmaceutical Witnessing and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising 55 3. Having to Grow Medicine 87 4. Mass Health: Illness Is a Line You Cross 105 5. Moving the Lines: Deciding on Thresholds 135 6. Knowing Your Numbers: Pharmaceutical Lifestyles 181 Conclusion. Living in a World of Surplus Health: Frequently Asked Questions 197 Notes 219 References 239 Index 257
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- Choice Reviews Online
- Publisher
- American Library Association
- Published
- 2013-02-26
- Volume
- 50
- Issue
- 07
- Pages
- 50-3882-50-3882
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- 0009-4978 (ISSN-L)
- 1523-8253
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