Michael Kinch Lori Weiman The Price of Health (Hardback)

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Book Title
The Price of Health
ISBN-10
1643136801
Title
The Price of Health
EAN
9781643136806
ISBN
9781643136806
Country/Region of Manufacture
US
Genre
Medicine
Release Date
06/24/2021
Release Year
2021
Subtitle
The Modern Pharmaceutical Enterprise and the Betrayal of a Histor
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Pegasus Books
ISBN-10
1643136801
ISBN-13
9781643136806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
8050409612

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
336 Pages
Publication Name
Price of Health : the Modern Pharmaceutical Enterprise and the Betrayal of a History of Care
Language
English
Subject
Public Health, Pharmacy, Medical
Publication Year
2021
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, Medical
Author
Michael Kinch, Lori Weiman
Format
Hardcover

Dimensions

Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
20.8 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2022-279044
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
338.4/761510973 338
Synopsis
From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history--and how can it return to its tradition of care? It's an unfortunate and life-threatening fact: one in five Americans has skipped vital prescriptions simply because of the cost. These choices are being made even though we have reached a point in the conveyance of medical options where cancers can be cured and sight restored for those blinded by rare genetic disorders. How, in this time of such advancements, did we reach a point, where people cannot afford the very things that could save their lives? As the COVID-19 global pandemic has pointed out, we need the leadership of scientists, researchers, public health officials and lawmakers alike to guide us through not only in times of a global health crisis, but also during far more mundane times. For the first time in decades, people from all walks of life face the same need for medicine. It is time to discuss the tough questions about drug pricing in an open, honest and, hopefully, transparent manner. But first we must understand how we, as a society, got here. Medicines are arguably the most highly regulated--and cost-inflated--products in the United States. The discovery, development, manufacturing and distribution of medicines is carried out by an ever more complex and crowded set of industries, each playing a part in a larger "pharmaceutical enterprise" seeking to maximize profits. But this was not always the case. The Price of Health is the reveals the story of how the pharmaceutical enterprise took shape and led to the present crisis. The reputation of the pharmaceutical industry is suffering from self-inflicted wounds and its continued viability, indeed survival, is increasingly questioned. Yet the drug makers do not shoulder all the blame or responsibility for the current price crisis. Deeply researched, The Price of Health gives us hope as to how we can still right the ship, even amidst the roiling storm of a global pandemic. How have medicines have been made and distributed to consumers throughout the years? What sea of changes that have contributed to rising costs? Some individuals, actions, and systems will be familiar, others may surprise. Yet the combined implications of these actions for will be surprising and at times shocking to both industry professionals and average Americans alike. Like so much else in human history, the history of the pharmaceutical enterprise is populated mostly by well-intended and even noble individuals and organizations. Each contributed to the formation or maintenance of structures meant to improve the quality and quantity of life through the development and distribution of medicines. And yet systems originally created to do good have often been subverted in ways contrary to the motivations of their creators. Only by understanding this disconnect can we better tackle the underlying problems of the industry head on, preventing foreseeable, and thus avoidable, medical calamities to come., From "pharma bros" to everday household budgets, just how did the pharmaceutical industry betray its own history--and how can it return to its tradition of care?
LC Classification Number
HD9666.5.K56 2021

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