Pharmaceutical freedom : why patients have a right to self medicate / Jessica Flanigan.
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- 9780190684570
- 0190684577
- 9780190684556
- 0190684550
- Drug accessibility -- Law and legislation
- Pharmacy -- Law and legislation
- Medical laws and legislation
- Self medication
- Ethics, Clinical
- Self Medication
- Prescription Drugs
- Paternalism
- Drug Industry -- ethics
- Patient Rights
- Self Administration
- Automédication
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare
- Drug accessibility -- Law and legislation
- Medical laws and legislation
- Pharmacy -- Law and legislation
- 362.1782 23
- RA401.A1
- 2017 G-659
- WB 120
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Cover; Pharmaceutical Freedom; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. A Defense of Self-Medication; 1.1 Two Motivating Cases; 1.2 Patients Know Best; 1.3 Patient Expertise and Drug Choice; 1.4 Intimate Choices; 1.5 Anti-paternalism and Freedom to Choose; 1.6 Patient Protection; 1.7 Ignorance and Fraud; 1.8 Self-Medication and Unapproved Drugs; 1.9 Self-Medication and Prescription Drugs; 1.10 Conclusion; 2. Paternalism and Public Health; 2.1 Prohibition and Protection; 2.2 Soft Paternalism and Drug Regulation; 2.3 Children and Incompetent Adults
2.4 Hard Paternalism and Drug Regulation2.5 The Health Effects of Approval Requirements; 2.6 The Health Effects of Prescription Policies; 2.7 The Regulatory Reversal Test; 2.8 Certification Versus Approval; 2.9 Conclusion; 3. Rethinking Prescription Requirements; 3.1 Deadly Drugs; 3.2 Recreational Drugs and Addiction; 3.3 Therapeutics; 3.4 Antibiotics; 3.5 The Case for OTC Enhancements; 3.6 Rethinking Non-Medical Use; 3.7 Public Health and Preventive Medication; 3.8 Conclusion; 4. Responsibility and Regulation; 4.1 How Regulation Kills; 4.2 Necessity and the Need to Test
4.3 Non-Ideal and Ideal Theory4.4 The Risks of an Approval System; 4.5 The Risks of a Certification System; 4.6 Conclusion; 5. The Politics of Self-Medication; 5.1 Patient-Driven Development; 5.2 Disobedience and Distribution; 5.3 Civil Disobedience; 5.4 Protest and Activism; 5.5 Democratic Authority and Self-Medication; 5.6 Conclusion; 6. The Business of Medicine; 6.1 Single Standards for Industry; 6.2 Private Options and the Global Marketplace; 6.3 Drug Prices and Deregulation; 6.4 Lifesaving Innovation and Patents; 6.5 Patents and Prizes; 6.6 Patents and the Rights of Producers
6.7 Conclusion7. Medical Autonomy and Modern Healthcare; 7.1 Markets and Medical Autonomy; 7.2 Pharmaceutical Marketing; 7.3 Off-Label Marketing; 7.4 Professional Ethics; 7.5 Torts and Product Liability; 7.6 Insurance and Social Costs; 7.7 Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; References; Index
Jessica Flanigan defends patients' rights of self-medication on the grounds that same moral reasons against medical paternalism in clinical contexts are also reasons against paternalistic pharmaceutical policies, including prohibitive approval processes and prescription requirements.
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