{"product_id":"9780253112101","title":"Profits before People?: Ethical Standards and the Marketing of Prescription Drugs","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe pharmaceutical industry has come under intense criticism in recent\u003cbr\u003e years. One poll found that 70% of the sample agreed that drug companies put profits\u003cbr\u003e ahead of people. Is this perception accurate? Have drug companies traded ethics for\u003cbr\u003e profits and placed people at risk?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Profits before People?\u003cbr\u003e Leonard J. Weber exposes pharmaceutical industry practices that have raised ethical\u003cbr\u003e concerns. Providing systematic ethical analysis and reflection, he discusses such\u003cbr\u003e practices as compensating physicians for serving as speakers or consultants,\u003cbr\u003e providing incentives to physicians to enroll patients as subjects in clinical\u003cbr\u003e research, and advertising prescription drugs to the public through the mass media.\u003cbr\u003e Weber's critique of the industry is stern. While acknowledging that new industry\u003cbr\u003e guidelines are promising, he finds much room for improvement in the way drug\u003cbr\u003e companies market their products. Yet Weber makes a strong case that profits and\u003cbr\u003e ethics can coexist and that they are not mutually exclusive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn an\u003cbr\u003e effort to understand the proper place of commerce in disseminating information about\u003cbr\u003e new drugs, the book aims to clarify basic responsibilities and to help identify\u003cbr\u003e sound ethical practices. It recognizes that ethics and law are not the same, that\u003cbr\u003e \"having a right\" is different from \"doing the right thing,\" and\u003cbr\u003e that taking ethics seriously means recognizing that the law does not answer all\u003cbr\u003e questions about what is right. Weber points the way to more demanding standards and\u003cbr\u003e better practices that might begin to restore confidence in the drug\u003cbr\u003e industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067985215728,"sku":"9780253112101","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253112101_p0.jpg?v=1763681138","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253112101","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}