Good Pharma

The Public-Health Model of the Mario Negri Institute
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-67840-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US

Buch, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 4569 g

Drawing on key concepts in sociology and management, this history describes a remarkable institute that has elevated medical research and worked out solutions to the troubling practices of commercial pharmaceutical research. Good Pharma is the answer to Goldacre's Bad Pharma: ethical research without commercial distortions.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maturo, Antonio F.

Light, Donald W.

Fachgebiete

• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizinische Fachgebiete Pharmakologie, Toxikologie
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Pharmazie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. List of Illustrations 2. Foreword 3. Preface and Acknowledgements 4. List of Abbreviations 5. Introduction: Beneficence through Principled Research for Patients PART I: DEVELOPING A RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR SOCIETY 6. Origins and American Inspirations 7. The Formative Years Leadership, Culture & Organization 8. Expansions to New Campuses and Integrated Research 9. Educating the Public and Future Researchers PART II: RECONCEIVING THE AIMS OF PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH 10. From Measuring Environmental Toxins to Drugs as Contaminants 11. Pioneering Ethical Trials for Integrated Research PART III: PROMOTING GOOD SCIENCE FOR BETTER MEDICINES 12. Science-based Initiatives Against Dangerous or Useless Drugs 13. Global Campaigns Against Harmful Regulations and Practices 14. Good Science for Good Pharma A Global Model 15. Appendices

Über Autor(innen)

Donald W. Light is Professor of Comparative Health Policy at Rowan University, USA and has published widely in major medical and sociological journals on ethical as well as sociological issues. Recently, he served as the Lokey Visiting Professor at Stanford University, USA and as a Visiting Fellow at Harvard University, USA.


Antonio Maturo is Associate Professor of Sociology of Health at Bologna University, Italy and Visiting Professor at Brown University, USA. He has published several books in Italian and he has edited The Medicalization of Life (2009, with P. Conrad) and The Medicine of Emotions and Cognitions (2012, with K. Barker).