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010			_z 2017020499
020			_a9781501713927
020			_z9781501713750
020			_z9781501713910
035			_a(OCoLC)1017610502
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
100	1		_aQuigley, Fran, _d1962- _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPrescription for the People : _bAn Activist’s Guide to Making Medicine Affordable for All / _cFran Quigley.
264		1	_aIthaca : _bILR Press, an imprint of Cornell University Press, _c2017.
264		3	_aBaltimore, Md. : _bProject MUSE, _c2018
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a1 online resource (260 pages).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aThe culture and politics of health care work
505	0		_aPeople everywhere are struggling to get the medicines they need -- The United States has a drug problem -- Millions of people are dying needlessly -- Cancer patients face particularly deadly barriers to medicines -- The current medicine system neglects many major diseases -- Corporate research and development investments are exaggerated -- The current system wastes billions on drug marketing -- The current system compromises physician integrity and leads to unethical corporate behavior -- Medicines are priced at whatever the market will bear -- Pharmaceutical corporations reap history-making profits -- The for-profit medicine arguments are patently false -- Medicine patents are extended too far and too wide -- Patent protectionism stunts the development of new medicines -- Governments, not private corporations, drive medicine innovation -- Taxpayers and patients pay twice for patented medicines -- Medicines are a public good -- Medicine patents are artificial, recent, and government-created -- The United States and big pharma play the bully in extending patents -- Pharma-pushed trade agreements steal the power of democratically elected governments -- Current law provides opportunities for affordable generic medicines -- There is a better way to develop medicines -- Human rights law demands access to essential medicines.
506	0		_aOpen Access _fUnrestricted online access _2star
520			_a"In Prescription for the People, Fran Quigley diagnoses our inability to get medicines to the people who need them and then prescribes the cure. He delivers a clear and convincing argument for a complete shift in the global and U.S. approach to developing and providing essential medicines -- and a primer on how to make that change happen."-- _cBack cover.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aPrescription pricing. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01075656
650		7	_aPharmaceutical policy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01060194
650		7	_aPharmaceutical industry. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01060129
650		7	_aHealth care reform. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00952850
650		7	_aDrugs _xPrices. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst00898879
650		7	_aDrug accessibility. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01749120
650		7	_aMedical policy. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01014505
650		7	_aSOCIAL SCIENCE _xDisease & Health Issues. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE _xPolitical Process _xPolitical Advocacy. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMEDICAL _xHealth Policy. _2bisacsh
650		6	_aPolitique sanitaire.
650		6	_aServices de sante _xReforme.
650		6	_aServices de sante _xReforme _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aIndustrie pharmaceutique _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aMedicaments _xPolitique gouvernementale _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aMedicaments _xAccessibilite _zÉtats-Unis.
650		6	_aMedicaments _xPrix _zÉtats-Unis.
650	2	2	_aPatient Rights
650	2	2	_aHealth Policy
650	2	2	_aHealth Care Reform
650	2	2	_aDrug Industry _xethics
650	2	2	_aDrug Industry _xeconomics
650	1	2	_aFees, Pharmaceutical _xethics
650		0	_aMedical policy.
650		0	_aHealth care reform.
650		0	_aHealth care reform _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPharmaceutical industry _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPharmaceutical policy _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrug accessibility _zUnited States.
650		0	_aPrescription pricing _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrugs _xPrices _zUnited States.
651		7	_aUnited States. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01204155
651		2	_aUnited States
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse. _edistributor
830		0	_aBook collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/56377/
945			_aProject MUSE - 2018 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - 2018 Public Health and Health Policy
999			_c231974 _d231973