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OverviewIn recent years, heated debate has surrounded the pharmaceutical industry and how it has gained unprecedented control over the evaluation, regulation, and promotion of its own products. As a result, drugs are produced, regulated, marketed, and used in ways that infiltrate many aspects of everyday life. The nature and extent of this infiltration, and how this has special meaning for women, are at the core of The Push to Prescribe. This is an essential resource for a variety of courses in Health Sciences, Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacology, Public Policy, Public Health, Health Policy, Women's Studies, Women's Health, as well as many Social Science courses in areas like Sociology and Political Science. It will also be of interest to a general audience, health professional organizations, government health associations, and consumer and women's groups. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Anne Rochon Ford , Diane SaibilPublisher: Women's Press of Canada Imprint: Women's Press of Canada Weight: 0.436kg ISBN: 9780889614789ISBN 10: 0889614784 Pages: 297 Publication Date: 16 July 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsForeword - Nancy OlivieriPrefaceChapter 1: Introduction - The Steering Committee of Women and Health PromotionPart I: The Push to Prescribe: Who Defines What Drugs We Need and How Do They Do It?Chapter 2: Ask Your Doctor : Women and Direct-to-Consumer Advertising - Barbara MintzesChapter 3: Preventing Disease: Are Pills the Answer? - Sharon Batt and Abby LippmanChapter 4: Who Pays the Piper? Industry Funding of Patients' Groups - Sharon BattPart II: The Canadian Drug Regulatory ProcessChapter 5: Trials on Trial: Women and the Testing of Drugs - Abby LippmanChapter 6: Lifting the Curtain on the Drug Approval Process - Ann SilversidesChapter 7: Reporting Adverse Drug Reactions: What Happens in the Real World? - Colleen FullerChapter 8: Questioning Modernization: Legislative Change at Health Canada - Anne Rochon FordChapter 9: Full Circle: Drugs, the Environment, and Our Health - Sharon BattChapter 10: Finding a way Forward - The Steering Committee of Women and Health ProtectionFurther ReadingRelated WebsitesReferencesCopyright AcknowledgementsIndexReviewsThis is a book that I would use to help students think critically about women's health needs. The authors capture the complexity surrounding women and pharmaceuticals and make a cogent argument for why Canadians need to think carefully about what we thought we already knew. They suggest that we need to reconsider previous assumptions about what is best for women, what is best for public health policy, and who is best suited to make these determinations. I will buy a copy for myself, my mother, and my daughter. -- Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa This is a book that I would use to help students think critically about women's health needs. The authors capture the complexity surrounding women and pharmaceuticals and make a cogent argument for why Canadians need to think carefully about what we thought we already knew. They suggest that we need to reconsider previous assumptions about what is best for women, what is best for public health policy, and who is best suited to make these determinations. I will buy a copy for myself, my mother, and my daughter. - Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa Author InformationAnne Rochon Ford is the Coordinator of Women and Health Protection, a national working group mandated to provide research-based policy advice on the safety of prescription medication. Over the last decade, WHP has commissioned research on a range of topics within the field of women and pharmaceuticals, resulting in the body of work represented in this book.Diane Saibil is a freelance writer and editor. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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