Understanding drugs markets an analysis of medicines, regulations, and pharmaceutical systems in the global south
"Drawing on anthropology, sociology and epidemiology, this multidisciplinary book investigates how pharmaceuticals are produced, distributed, prescribed, and consumed in order to construct a comprehensive understanding of the issues that drive medicine markets in the Global South today. Providi...
| Otros Autores: | , |
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Routledge
[2022]
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009745171906719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- List of contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction: Pharmaceutical markets in the Global South: Shaped by history and multiple regulations
- PART I: Varying choices for State regulation and their consequences
- 1. Strengthening national pharmaceutical regulation through local production
- 2. Strengths and weaknesses of State-controlled wholesale distribution: Benin's CAME and wholesaler-distributors
- 3. Distribution and access to medicines: Role of the pharmacist monopoly
- 4. From depharmaceuticalization to drug abundance: A social history of pharmaceutic regulations in Cambodia
- PART II: Global and local markets of new antimalarials
- 5. A new geography of pharmaceuticals: Trajectories of artemisinin-based medicines
- 6. Clashes between subsidized and private ACT markets: When administrative, Global Health, and marketing regulations collide
- 7. When the pharmaceutical system creates persistent attachments or new appropriations of drug molecules: Divergent ACT distribution and use in Benin and Ghana
- 8. Standardized herbal medicines in Ghana: The construction of a substantial share of the medicine market, especially for malaria
- PART III: Pharmaceuticalization: Medicines at the heart of health systems and societies
- 9. Pharmaceutical representative activities in Benin and Ghana: Promoting firms while helping construct the pharmaceutical economy of African countries
- 10. Self-medication versus consultation: Individual autonomy and dependence in health decisions
- 11. When subjective quality shapes the whole economy of pharmaceutical distribution and production
- Conclusion: Rationalizing drug markets in the Global South
- Index.
