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Deadly monopolies : the shocking corporate takeover of life itself, and the consequences for your health and our medical future. / Harriet A. Washington.

Summary:

"An in-depth exploration of the way the pharmaceutical industry is manipulating us and our world"--Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0385528922
  • ISBN: 9780385528924
  • Physical Description: 433 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2011]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction : patents, profits, and the high cost of living -- A new lease on life -- The high cost of living -- Hitting the brakes -- Poison pills -- Gene patients -- Liquid assests, lethal risks -- A traffic in tissues -- Biocolonialism -- The laboratory of the west -- Epilogue : back to the future
Subject: Drugs > Marketing > Moral and ethical aspects.
Pharmaceutical industry > Economic aspects.
Medication.

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