The risks of prescription drugs  [electronic resource] 
edited by Donald W. Light. 
 - New York  Columbia University Press  c2010. 
 - 1 online resource(167 p.)  ill.  22 cm. 
 - The Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk A Columbia/SSRC book .
 - Columbia University Press and Social Science Research Council series on the privatization of risk. Columbia/SSRC book. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Bearing the risks of prescription drugs / Donald Light -- The Food and Drug Administration : inadequate protection from serious risks / Donald Light -- The commercialization of medical decisions : physicians and patients at risk / Howard Brody -- Pharmaceuticals and the medicalization of social life / Allan Horwitz -- Medicalization and risk scares : the case of menopause and HRT / Cheryl Stults and Peter Conrad -- Toward safer prescribing and better drugs / Donald Light. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780231519267 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2010009014 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>United States Food and Drug Administration. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Pharmaceutical policy--United States.<br/>Risk assessment--United States.<br/>Medication errors.--prevention & control--United States.<br/>Drug Toxicity--United States.<br/>Prescription Drugs--standards--United States.<br/>Drug Industry--standards--United States.<br/>Drugs--Risk assessment.<br/>Pharmaceutical Industry--Risk management.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>RA401.A3  / R57 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>338.4/76151 
<br/><br/><label>National Library of Medicine Call No.: </label>2010 M-013 QV 736  / R5955 2010