Prescription for the People
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 prime...
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| description | 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. Globally, 10 million people die each year because they are unable to pay for medicines that would save them. The cost of prescription drugs is bankrupting families and putting a strain on state and federal budgets. Patients’ desperate need for affordable medicines clashes with the core business model of the powerful pharmaceutical industry, which maximizes profits whenever possible. It doesn’t have to be this way. Patients and activists are aiming to make all essential medicines affordable by reclaiming medicines as a public good and a human right, instead of a profit-making commodity. In this book, Quigley demystifies statistics and terminology, offers solutions to the problems that block universal access to medicines, and provides a road map for activists wanting to make those solutions a reality. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-991822025-07-17T12:15:19Z Prescription for the People Quigley, Fran Health, illness and addiction: social aspects Medicolegal issues Political activism thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MB Medicine: general issues 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. Globally, 10 million people die each year because they are unable to pay for medicines that would save them. The cost of prescription drugs is bankrupting families and putting a strain on state and federal budgets. Patients’ desperate need for affordable medicines clashes with the core business model of the powerful pharmaceutical industry, which maximizes profits whenever possible. It doesn’t have to be this way. Patients and activists are aiming to make all essential medicines affordable by reclaiming medicines as a public good and a human right, instead of a profit-making commodity. In this book, Quigley demystifies statistics and terminology, offers solutions to the problems that block universal access to medicines, and provides a road map for activists wanting to make those solutions a reality. 2023-04-18T09:59:05Z 2023-04-18T09:59:05Z 2023-03-29T15:51:26Z 2017 book ONIX_20230329_9781501713910_137 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/62152 9781501713910 9781501713750 9781501713927 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/99182 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62152/1/9781501713910.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/62152/1/9781501713910.pdf Cornell University Press ILR Press 10.7298/m1dw-w565 10.7298/m1dw-w565 05937e7b-c222-4680-9580-c09c5ce7a11e National Endowment for the Humanities 0314e571-4102-4526-b014-3ed8f2d6750a 9781501713910 9781501713750 9781501713927 ILR Press 260 Ithaca [...] CARES open access |
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