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Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials
Jill A. Fisher
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Description for Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials
Paperback. Focusing on the professional roles of those involved, as well as key research practices, this title assesses the risks and advantages for physicians and patients alike when pharmaceutical drug studies are used as an alternative to standard medical care. Series: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: KCQ; MBGR1; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Today, more than 75 percent of pharmaceutical drug trials in the United States are being conducted in the private sector. Once the sole province of academic researchers, these important studies are now being outsourced to non-academic physicians.
Today, more than 75 percent of pharmaceutical drug trials in the United States are being conducted in the private sector. Once the sole province of academic researchers, these important studies are now being outsourced to non-academic physicians.
According to Jill A. Fisher, this major change in the way medical research is performed is the outcome of two problems in U.S. health care: decreasing revenue for physicians and decreasing access to treatment for patients. As physicians report diminishing income due to restrictive relationships with insurers, increasing malpractice insurance premiums, and inflated overhead costs to operate private practices, they are attracted to pharmaceutical ... Read more
A volume in the Critical Issues in Health and Medicine series, edited by Rima D. Apple and Janet Golden
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
Series
Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Series
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New Brunswick NJ, United States
ISBN
9780813544106
SKU
V9780813544106
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About Jill A. Fisher
Jill A. Fisher is an assistant professor in the Center for Biomedical Ethics and Society at Vanderbilt University.
Reviews for Medical Research for Hire: The Political Economy of Pharmaceutical Clinical Trials
"Medical Research for Hire presents a vivid and often disturbing picture of everyday life at the new frontiers of pharmaceutical drug development. In this timely book, Fisher sounds the alarm about the new economics of research, where volunteering to be a human subject may become the way for the poor to earn cash or for the uninsured to access medical ... Read more