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The Pharmaceutical Studies Reader
By Jeremy A. Greene (editor) and Sergio Sismondo (editor)
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Blackwell Pub
Publication date May 18, 2015
Pages 285
Binding Hardcover
Edition 1
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9781118488836
ISBN-10 1118488830
Dimensions 0.75 by 7 by 10 in.
Weight 1.35 lbs.
Original list price $99.95
Summaries and Reviews
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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 consumption
  • Covers 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 globalization
  • Offers a compelling, contextually-rich treatment of the topic that exposes readers to a variety of approaches, ideas, and frameworks
  • Provides an accessible introduction for readers with no previous background in this area


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Hardcover
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With Sergio Sismondo (other contributor) | 1 edition from Blackwell Pub (May 18, 2015)
9781118488836 | details & prices | 285 pages | 7.00 × 10.00 × 0.75 in. | 1.35 lbs | List price $99.95
About: 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.
Paperback
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With Sergio Sismondo (other contributor) | 1 edition from Blackwell Pub (May 11, 2015)
9781118490150 | details & prices | 285 pages | 6.75 × 9.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.99 lbs | List price $59.95
With Sergio Sismondo (other contributor), John Price, Anthony Stevens | from Routledge (December 1, 1996); titled "Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning"
9780415138406 | details & prices | 267 pages | 6.50 × 9.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.95 lbs | List price $31.95
This edition also contains Evolutionary Psychiatry: A New Beginning
With Sergio Sismondo (other contributor), Beverley C. Southgate | from Routledge (October 1, 1996); titled "History: What and Why? : Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern Perspectives"
9780415138833 | details & prices | 167 pages | 5.50 × 8.75 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $26.95
This edition also contains History: What and Why? : Ancient, Modern, and Postmodern Perspectives

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