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Adverse events : race, inequality, and the testing of new pharmaceuticals / Jill A. Fisher.

LIBRA RM301.27 .F56 2020
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Fisher, Jill A., 1976- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drugs--Testing--Social aspects--United States.
Drugs.
Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects--United States.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Racism in medicine--United States.
Racism in medicine.
Equality--Health aspects--United States.
Equality.
Clinical Trials as Topic--ethics.
Human Experimentation--ethics.
Racism.
Civil Rights.
Equality--Health aspects.
Human experimentation in medicine--Moral and ethical aspects.
Drugs--Testing--Social aspects.
Drugs--Testing.
United States.
Medical Subjects:
Clinical Trials as Topic--ethics.
Human Experimentation--ethics.
Racism.
Civil Rights.
United States.
Physical Description:
vii, 319 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Summary:
""Adverse Events" explores the connections between race, inequality, and the testing of new pharmaceuticals"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Introduction: "Your health is your wealth"
Entering the clinic
"Doing the lab rat thing"
A tale of three cultures
The commercialization of phase I trials
A laboratory for human animals
The dark side of the model
Consenting to study adverse events
Constructing risk knowledge
Speculating on health
Conclusion: The social inequality of adverse events.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-303) and index.
ISBN:
9781479877997
1479877999
9781479862160
1479862169
OCLC:
1126554058

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