The Risks of Prescription Drugs
- ISBN-10
- 0231146922
- ISBN-13
- 9780231146920
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 167
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Author
- Donald Light
Description
Raises key questions about topics in the pharmaceutical industry, including how the risks of side effects are weighed, if privatization of that risk is prudent, and the high prices for drugs.
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