Understanding drugs markets an analysis of medicines, regulations, and pharmaceutical systems in the global south / [electronic resource] :
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- 出版： Abingdon, Oxon ;New York, NY : Routledge
- 叢書名： Routledge studies in the sociology of health and illness
- 主題： Pharmaceutical industry--Developing countries. , Medical policy--Developing countries. , Health services administration--Developing countries. , Electronic books.
- ISBN： 9780429329517 (ebk) 、 0429329512 、 9781000413106 (electronic bk. : PDF) 、 1000413101 (electronic bk. : PDF) 、 1000413144 (electronic bk. : EPUB) 、 9781000413144 (electronic bk.)
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- 資料類型: 電子書
- 內容註: Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 摘要註: "Drawing on anthropology, sociology and epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, and consumed in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive medicine markets in the Global South today. Providing a thorough comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different pharmaceutical systems, it is an important contribution to the literature on pharmaceutalization and the governance of medication. It is of interest to students, researchers and policy-makers interested in medical anthropology, the sociology of health and illness, global health, healthcare management and pharmacy"--
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- 系統號： 005489220 | 機讀編目格式
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Drawing on anthropology, historical sociology and social-epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, (and) consumed, and regulated in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive (medicine) pharmaceutical markets in the Global South today. Based on primary research conducted in Benin and Ghana, and additional data collected in Cambodia and the Ivory Coast, this volume uses artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) against malaria as a central case study. It highlights the influence of the countries colonial and post-colonial history on their models for state regulation, production, and distribution, explores the determining role transnational actors as well as industries from the North but also and increasingly from the South play in influencing local pharmaceutical markets and looks at the behaviour of health care professionals and individuals. Stepping back, the authors then unpick the pharmaceuticalization process and the multiple regulations at stake by looking at the workings of, and linkages between, (biomedical health) pharmaceutical systems, (representatives of companies) industries, actors in private distribution, and consumer practices. Providing a thorough comparative analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of different pharmaceutical systems, it is an important contribution to the literature on pharmaceutalization and the governance of medication. It is of interest to students, researchers and policy-makers interested in medical anthropology, the sociology of health and illness, global health, healthcare management and pharmacy.