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Adverse events : race, inequality, and the testing of new pharmaceuticals / Jill A. Fisher.

Author/creator Fisher, Jill A., 1976- author.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication Info New York : New York University Press, [2020]
Description1 online resource (vii, 319 pages).
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Subject(s)
Series Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice Ser
Anthropologies of American Medicine: Culture, Power, and Practice Ser. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents Introduction: "Your health is your wealth" -- Entering the clinic -- "Doing the lab rat thing" -- A tale of three cultures -- The commercialization of phase I trials -- A laboratory for human animals -- The dark side of the model -- Consenting to study adverse events -- Constructing risk knowledge -- Speculating on health -- Conclusion: The social inequality of adverse events.
Abstract ""Adverse Events" explores the connections between race, inequality, and the testing of new pharmaceuticals"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionPrint version record.
Issued in other formPrint version: Fisher, Jill A., 1976- Adverse events. New York : New York University Press, [2020] 9781479877997
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN9781479861439 (electronic bk.)
ISBN147986143X (electronic bk.)

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