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List of Contributors.<br /> <br /> Preface.<br /> <br /> Foreword.<br /> <br /> 1. The Basis of Ethics (Jon Merrills).<br /> <br /> 2. Principles of Ethics Focusing on the Patient (Andrew Edgar).<br /> <br /> 3. Ethical Rationalism Applied to Pharmaceuticals (R.P. Dessing).<br /> <br /> 4. The Etihcs of the Drug Discovery and Development Process (Roger G. Bolton).<br /> <br /> 5. Informed Conset: Reconsideration of its Structure and Role in Medicine (Jan Payne).<br /> <br /> 6. Clinical Trials of Pharmaceuticals: Ethical Aspects (Olivier Chassany, Martin Duracinsky and Isabelle Mahé).<br /> <br /> 7. Can We Afford the Medicines We Need: An Ethical Dilemma? (Roger Walker).<br /> <br /> 8. Physician Choice or Patient Choice: Ethical Dilemmas in Science and Politics (Andrew Edgar).<br /> <br /> 9. The Economics of Drug-Related Morbidity and Mortality: Ethical Considerations (J. Lyle Bootman and Amy J. Grizzle).<br /> <br /> 10. Holistic Approach in Choice of Pharmaceutical Agents: Ethical Responsibilities (Sam Salek).<br /> <br /> 11. Ethical Values in the Treatment of Depression and Anxiety (John Lilja, Sam Larsson, David Hamilton and Mia Bauer).<br /> <br /> 12. Ethical Promotion and Advertising of Medicines: Where Do We Draw the Line? (Ivor Harrison).<br /> <br /> 13. Ethical Problems of Drug Categorization for Reimbursement (Chris Good).<br /> <br /> Index.

"...it will give the uninitiated a feel for the range of ethical isues..." (<i>Mental Health Care</i>, February 2003) <p>"...a good introduction to the ethics surrounding pharmaceuticals..." (<i>Pharmaceutical Physician</i>, March 2003)</p> <p>"...the core question: should you read this book...definitely yes...the book stimulates our thinking and helps the reader to define and outline the many dilemmas in health care..." (<i>Pharm World Sci</i>, Vol. 25, No. 2, 2003)</p>

<p><b>Sam Salek</b>, Reader in Pharmacoepidemiology, Director - WSP Centre for Socioeconomic Research; Director - Postgraduate Course in Pharmaceutical Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.</p>

Pharmaceutical Ethics is an important text, which aims to provide ethical guidelines much needed by the pharmaceutical industry. The book covers ethical issues involved in the testing and use of pharmaceuticals on humans, focusing extensively on the issues surrounding the pharmaceutical industry and not medicine in general.<br /> <br /> Topics covered include:<br /> * Ethics of the drug discovery and development process<br /> <br /> * Informed consent<br /> <br /> * Ethical promotion and advertising of medicines<br /> <br /> * Ethical aspects of clinical trials<br /> This text responds to an important need in the pharmaceutical industry and should be read by all within that industry as well as by health care ethicists and pharmacy and medical practitioners and students.

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