The risks of prescription drugs [electronic resource] / edited by Donald W. Light
- Published:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations
- Additional Creators:
- Light, Donald, Jr., 1942-
- Access Online:
- ezaccess.libraries.psu.edu
- Series:
- The Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk
A Columbia/SSRC book - Contents:
- Bearing the risks of prescription drugs / Donald Light -- The Food and Drug Administration : inadequate protection from serious risks / Donald Light -- The commercialization of medical decisions : physicians and patients at risk / Howard Brody -- Pharmaceuticals and the medicalization of social life / Allan Horwitz -- Medicalization and risk scares : the case of menopause and HRT / Cheryl Stults and Peter Conrad -- Toward safer prescribing and better drugs / Donald Light.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0231519265 (electronic bk.)
9780231519267 (electronic bk.) - Note:
- AVAILABLE ONLINE TO AUTHORIZED PSU USERS.
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Technical Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide web.
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