Pharmaphobia - How Conflict of Interest Myth Undermines American Medical Innovation

While plenty can be said about the dysfunction of our health care system, rarely do business and private players in health care innovation get a good rap. This book takes on skeptics of the partnership between the medical community, political groups, and private businesses, by illustrating how such cooperation can result in world-class innovation and health care delivery.

List of contents

Introduction
Part I: Some Benefits and the Mechanics of Medical Innovation
Chapter 1: The Stakes
Chapter 2: A Practitioner's History of Medical Innovation
Part II: Why We Have a Medical Innovation Crisis
Chapter 3: Enter the Conflict-of-Interest Mania
Chapter 4: The Mania Mongers
Part III: Why They Are Wrong
Chapter 5: Abusing Evidence
Chapter 6: Bad Policy Process
Chapter 7: Flawed and Damaging Policies
Chapter 8: Misunderstanding Innovation
Chapter 9: Economic Illiteracy
Chapter 10: Misplaced Criticism of Incremental Innovation
Chapter 11: Rushing to Judgment with Product Safety Alarms
Chapter 12: Demonizing Marketing is False Advertising
Chapter 13: The "Gift" Smoke Screen
Chapter 14: The Lawyers' Ball
Part IV: The Damage They Do and How to Stop It
Chapter 15: The Price We Pay
Chapter 16: What Is To Be Done?

About the author

By Thomas P. Stossel

Product details

• Authors: Thomas P Stossel, Thomas P. Stossel, Stossel Thomas P.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 23.06.2015
• EAN: 9781442244627
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-4462-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Guides > Health; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; USA, MEDICAL / Physician & Patient, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Manufacturing, United States of America, USA, doctor/patient relationship, Manufacturing industries, Health systems & services, Health systems and services, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Healthcare, Pharmaceutical industries, Doctor / patient relationship