Description for Pharmaceutical Ethics
Hardcover. Provides ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry. This book covers ethical issues involved in the testing and use of pharmaceuticals on humans, focusing on the issues surrounding the pharmaceutical industry and not medicine in general. Editor(s): Salek, Prof. Sam; Edgar, Andrew. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MBDC; MBGL; MMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
Pharmaceutical Ethics is an important text, which aims to provide the ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry. By focusing on many of the central issues such as the ethical aspects of clinical trials, informed consent, physician or patient choice and pharmaceutical advertising, this text will provide very good coverage of an area which perhaps still lacks coherent instruction.
* Covers ethical issues involved in the testing and use of pharmaceuticals on human beings
* Investigates issues such as whether choice of drug should lie with the physician or the patient
* Looks at a wide ... Read more
Pharmaceutical Ethics is an important text, which aims to provide the ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry. By focusing on many of the central issues such as the ethical aspects of clinical trials, informed consent, physician or patient choice and pharmaceutical advertising, this text will provide very good coverage of an area which perhaps still lacks coherent instruction.
* Covers ethical issues involved in the testing and use of pharmaceuticals on human beings
* Investigates issues such as whether choice of drug should lie with the physician or the patient
* Looks at a wide ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780471490579
SKU
V9780471490579
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Salek
Sam Salek, Reader in Pharmacoepidemiology, Director - WSP Centre for Socioeconomic Research; Director - Postgraduate Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.
Reviews for Pharmaceutical Ethics
"...it will give the uninitiated a feel for the range of ethical isues..." (Mental Health Care, February 2003) "...a good introduction to the ethics surrounding pharmaceuticals..." (Pharmaceutical Physician, March 2003) "...the core question: should you read this book...definitely yes...the book stimulates our thinking and helps the reader to define and outline the many dilemmas in health care..." ... Read more