The Pharmaceutical Studies Reader Hardback
Edited by Sergio (The Johns Queen's University, Ontario, Canada) Sismondo, Jeremy A. (The John Hopkins University) Greene
Part of the Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology series
Hardback
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The Pharmaceutical Studies Reader is an engaging survey of the field that brings together provocative, multi-disciplinary scholarship examining the interplay of medical science, clinical practice, consumerism, and the healthcare marketplace. Draws on anthropological, historical, and sociological approaches to explore the social life of pharmaceuticals with special emphasis on their production, circulation, and consumptionCovers topics such as the role of drugs in shaping taxonomies of disease, the evolution of prescribing habits, ethical dimensions of pharmaceuticals, clinical trials, and drug research and marketing in the age of globalizationOffers a compelling, contextually-rich treatment of the topic that exposes readers to a variety of approaches, ideas, and frameworksProvides an accessible introduction for readers with no previous background in this area
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/05/2015
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- ISBN:9781118488836
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:296 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:05/05/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781118488836
