Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences Volume 23
Dominique Tobbell
(Author)
Description
Since the 1950s, the American pharmaceutical industry has been heavily criticized for its profit levels, the high cost of prescription drugs, drug safety problems, and more, yet it has, together with the medical profession, staunchly and successfully opposed regulation.Pills, Power, and Policyoffers a lucid history of how the American drug industry and key sectors of the medical profession came to be allies against pharmaceutical reform. It details the political strategies they have used to influence public opinion, shape legislative reform, and define the regulatory environment of prescription drugs. Untangling the complex relationships between drug companies, physicians, and academic researchers, the book provides essential historical context for understanding how corporate interests came to dominate American health care policy after World War II.
Product Details
Price
$90.00
Publisher
University of California Press
Publish Date
December 07, 2011
Pages
310
Dimensions
6.0 X 9.0 X 0.81 inches | 1.31 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780520271135
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About the Author
Dominique A. Tobbell is Assistant Professor in the Program in the History of Medicine and the Graduate Program in the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. She is also the oral historian for the University of Minnesota's Academic Health Center History Project.
Reviews
"Based on extensive research, Pills, Power, and Policy is intelligently written, and its points are illustrated with highly readable examples."-- "Health Affairs" (7/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Tobbell contributes . . . fine historical attention to the development of large pharmaceutical companies . . . with a longer story of lobbying and politics."-- "Times Higher Education" (5/24/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Pills, Power, and Policy is an important contribution to our understanding of the science and politics of the pharmaceutical industry."--Mical Raz, M.D., Ph.D. -- Yale University School of Medicine "Inquiry" (12/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[A] well-researched and skillfully argued volume."--Scott H. Podolsky, Harvard Medical School "Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine" (1/23/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"A thoughtful, well researched, and refreshingly well-written study. . . . Anyone interested in how health policy has been shaped will profit from this most enjoyable book."--John P. Swann "Journal of the History of Medicine" (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
"A strong case for the proposition that the history of pharmaceutical regulation in the USA is essential for an understanding of contemporary policy debates in America."--Wayne Hall "Social History of Medicine" (4/29/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"A compact, highly readable volume that is accessible to multiple audiences."--Jeremy A. Greene "Journal of American History" (6/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"Tobbell contributes . . . fine historical attention to the development of large pharmaceutical companies . . . with a longer story of lobbying and politics."-- "Times Higher Education" (5/24/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"Pills, Power, and Policy is an important contribution to our understanding of the science and politics of the pharmaceutical industry."--Mical Raz, M.D., Ph.D. -- Yale University School of Medicine "Inquiry" (12/12/2012 12:00:00 AM)
"[A] well-researched and skillfully argued volume."--Scott H. Podolsky, Harvard Medical School "Bulletin Of The History Of Medicine" (1/23/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"A thoughtful, well researched, and refreshingly well-written study. . . . Anyone interested in how health policy has been shaped will profit from this most enjoyable book."--John P. Swann "Journal of the History of Medicine" (7/1/2014 12:00:00 AM)
"A strong case for the proposition that the history of pharmaceutical regulation in the USA is essential for an understanding of contemporary policy debates in America."--Wayne Hall "Social History of Medicine" (4/29/2013 12:00:00 AM)
"A compact, highly readable volume that is accessible to multiple audiences."--Jeremy A. Greene "Journal of American History" (6/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)
