Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences

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Dominique Tobbell

Pills, Power, and Policy

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The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences

Dominique Tobbell

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University of California Press
07 December 2011

Pharmaceutical industries; Medical profession; History of medicine

Series: California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public

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.

By: Dominique Tobbell
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 23
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520271142
ISBN 10: 0520271149
Series: California/Milbank Books on Health and the Public
Pages: 310
Publication Date: 07 December 2011
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction: Pharmaceutical Politics, Then and Now Part I: Forging Pharmaceutical Relations 1. Knowledgeable Relations: The Building of a Pharmaceutical Research Network 2. Workforce Relations: The Invention of the Pharmaceutical Postdoctoral Fellowship 3. Professional Relations: Crafting the Public Image of the Health Care Team Part II: Allied against Reform 4. Cold War Alliances: Kefauver's Bid for Pharmaceutical Reform 5. Expert Alliances: The Creation of the Drug Research Board 6. Generic Alliances and the Backlash against Regulatory Reform Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index

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 for Pills, Power, and Policy: The Struggle for Drug Reform in Cold War America and Its Consequences

Based on extensive research, Pills, Power, and Policy is intelligently written, and its points are illustrated with highly readable examples. -- Health Affairs