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Doctors in Denial

Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort

By: Joel Lexchin

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Doctors in Denial

Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort

By: Joel Lexchin

Doctors in Denial examines the relationship between the Canadian medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry, and explains how doctors have become dependents of the drug companies instead of champions of patients' health. Big Pharma plays a role in every aspect of doctors' work. These giant, wealthy multinationals influence how medical students are trained and receive information, how research is done in hospitals and universities, what is published in leading medical journals, what drugs are approved, and what patients expect when they go into their doctors' offices. But almost all doctors deny the influence and control the drug companies exert. In this book Dr. Lexchin urges the medical profession to make the changes needed to give priority to protecting and promoting patients' health and benefitting society, rather than enabling Big Pharma to dominate health care while raking in billions in profits from citizens and governments.

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James Lorimer & Company

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1459412443

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Doctors in Denial

Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort

By: Joel Lexchin, MD

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Why Big Pharma and the Canadian medical profession are too close for comfort

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1459412451

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Transparency in Drug Regulation

Mirage Or Oasis?

By: Joel Lexchin

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Transparency in Drug Regulation

Mirage Or Oasis?

By: Joel Lexchin

One way this relationship is manifested is the But the state does not possess the wherewithal to agreement between the industry and the TPD that undertake the elaborate clinical and pre-clinical all of the information that companies submit as trials required to meet the objective of providing part of the regulatory approval process is deemed safe and effective medications. [...] Accordingly, in November 1996 I made a "loaned" to the government for purposes of review request through the Access to Information Act for but the companies do so with the expectation that "all studies that the Health Protection Branch has the review will produce material gains through that deal with the question of the efficacy of: marketing of their products. [...] Personal data or usefulness of the data submitted; the scientific that enters the files of regulatory agencies like the atmosphere in the agency may be stifled and the TPD can include the identity of individual patients professional growth of its staff severely inhibited. [...] This part of the Out of the three proposals that have been put protocol was not followed and the authors made forward, the use of SBDs is the most advanced conclusions about subgroups despite the lack of and therefore merits a detailed analysis. [...] Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives VII: Is the Summary Basis of Decision Adequate IN EACH OF THE FOUR EXAMPLES the Once a drug has been approved in the United problems would not have been discovered using States the FDA posts on its web site a detailed sum- Health Canada's SBDs due to the lack of detailed mary of the information that the company has sub- information of various types in these.

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Canadian Centre Policy Alternatives

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0886273854

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9780886273859

Private Profits versus Public Policy

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State

By: Joel Lexchin

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Private Profits versus Public Policy

The Pharmaceutical Industry and the Canadian State

By: Joel Lexchin

The widespread condemnation of drastic price increases on life-saving drugs highlights our growing dependency on and vulnerability to international pharmaceutical conglomerates. However, aren’t the interests of the public supposed to supersede the pursuit of private profit? In his new work, Private Profits versus Public Policy, Joel Lexchin addresses this question as he examines how public policy with respect to the pharmaceutical industry has evolved in Canada over the past half century. Although the Canadian government is supposed to regulate the industry to serve the needs of public health, waves of deregulatory reforms and intellectual property rights legislation have shifted the balance of power in favour of these companies’ quest for profit. Joel Lexchin offers a series of recommendations to tip the scale back in the public’s favour. This enlightening work is the first book that deals exclusively with the pharmaceutical industry in Canada in over thirty years.

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University of Toronto Press

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1442619619

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9781442619616

Mental Health in Crisis

By: Joel Vos,Ron Roberts,James Davies

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Mental Health in Crisis

By: Joel Vos,Ron Roberts,James Davies

At a time of huge pressures on mental health services, this highly topical, broad-ranging and thought-provoking analysis of the mental health crisis examines the current challenges in mental health service delivery and access using a range of perspectives (political, economic, and cultural, organisational issues). It then puts forward a number of alternatives, reviewing both current and alternative initiatives, and exploring what is needed for a mentally healthy society.

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SAGE

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1526492601

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Doctors in Denial

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Doctors in Denial

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Transparency in Drug Regulation

Transparency in Drug Regulation

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