Conflict of Interest and Medicine - 9780367751173

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Conflict of Interest and MedicineKnowledge, Practices, and Mobilizations\nAuthor(s): Boris Hauray, Henri Boullier, Jean-Paul Gaudillire, Hlne Michel\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367751173, 978-0367751173\nSynopsis\nIn the context of a growing criticism on the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on physicians, scientists, or politicians, Conflict of Interest and Medicine offers a comprehensive analysis of the conflict of interest in medicine anchored in the social sciences, with perspectives from sociology, history, political science, and law. \n\nBased on in-depth empirical investigations conducted within different territories (France, the European Union, and the United States) the contributions analyze the development of conflict of interest as a social issue and how it impacts the production of medical knowledge and expertise, physicians work and their prescriptions, and also the framing of health cri.