Medical Monopoly - Intellectual Property Rights Origins of Modern Pharmaceutical

Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this book combines legal, medical, and business history to offer a sweeping new interpretation of the origins of the complex and often troubling relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical practice today.

About the author

Joseph M. Gabriel is associate professor in the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine at Florida State University. He lives in Tallahassee.

Summary

Drawing on a wealth of archival material, this book combines legal, medical, and business history to offer a sweeping new interpretation of the origins of the complex and often troubling relationship between the pharmaceutical industry and medical practice today.

Product details

• Authors: Joseph M. Gabriel, Gabriel Joseph M.
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.10.2014
• EAN: 9780226108186
• ISBN: 978-0-226-10818-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Synthesis; Synthesis; Synthesis (CHUP)
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Geschichte der Medizin, MEDICAL / History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, History of Medicine, Manufacturing industries, Pharmaceutical industries