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Pharmacopolitics : Drug Regulation in the United States and Germany
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Daemmrich, Arthur A.
- Series:
- Studies in social medicine Pharmacopolitics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Clinical trials.
- Drugs--Law and legislation--United States.
- Government Regulation.
- International cooperation.
- Legislation, Drug.
- Pharmaceutical policy--Germany.
- Pharmaceutical policy--United States.
- Pharmaceutical policy.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- Pharmaceutical policy--Law and legislation--United States.
- Pharmaceutical policy--Law and legislation--Germany.
- Drugs--United States.
- Drugs.
- Drugs--Germany.
- North America.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Internationality.
- Europe.
- Legislation as Topic.
- Social Sciences.
- Americas.
- Sociology.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Geographic Locations.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- United States.
- Germany.
- International Cooperation.
- Medical Subjects:
- North America.
- Social Control, Formal.
- Internationality.
- Europe.
- Legislation as Topic.
- Social Sciences.
- Americas.
- Sociology.
- Health Care Economics and Organizations.
- Geographic Locations.
- Delivery of Health Care.
- Legislation, Drug.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- United States.
- Government Regulation.
- Germany.
- International Cooperation.
- Local Subjects:
- Clinical trials.
- Drugs--Law and legislation--United States.
- Government Regulation.
- International cooperation.
- Legislation, Drug.
- Pharmaceutical policy--Germany.
- Pharmaceutical policy--United States.
- Pharmaceutical policy.
- Pharmaceutical Preparations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (222 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Advocates of rapid access to medicines and critics fearful of inadequate testing both argue that globalization will supersede national medical practices and result in the easy transfer of pharmaceuticals around the world. In Pharmacopolitics, Arthur Daemmrich challenges their assumptions by comparing drug laws, clinical trials, and systems for monitoring adverse reactions in the United States and Germany, two countries with similarly advanced systems for medical research, testing, and patient care. Daemmrich proposes that divergent ""therapeutic cultures""--the interrelationships among
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction: Medicine, Politics, and Governance; 2. Drug Laws and Therapeutic Cultures; 3. Clinical Trials from Treatment to Test, 1950-1980; 4. Clinical Trials as Test and Therapy, 1980-2000; 5. Configuring the Market as a Testing Site; 6. Conclusion: International Harmonization and the Future of Drug Regulation; Appendix: Research Methods and Case Study Selection; Notes; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9798890878397
- 9780807863398
- 0807863394
- OCLC:
- 476236524
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