The pharmaceutical corporate presence in developing countries
This important volume examines the ethical concerns of multinational corporations in the production, distribution, and use of pharmaceuticals in Africa, Asia, and Latin America
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Sprache: | eng |
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Notre Dame, Ind.
Univ. of Notre Dame Press
1993
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Schriftenreihe: | Multinational managers and devoloping country concerns
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Schlagworte: |
Entwicklungsländer
> Ethik
> Multinationales Unternehmen
> Developing Countries
> Drug Industry
> Ethics, Pharmacy
> International business enterprises
> Moral and ethical aspects
> Pharmaceutical Preparations
> supply & distribution
> Pharmaceutical industry
> Pharmazeutische Industrie
> Arzneimittelmarkt
> Gesundheitspolitik
> Países subdesarrollados - Empresas internacionales - Aspectos morales y éticos - Congresos
> Aufsatzsammlung
> Konferenzschrift
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Zusammenfassung: | This important volume examines the ethical concerns of multinational corporations in the production, distribution, and use of pharmaceuticals in Africa, Asia, and Latin America The 33 contributors to the book, which include pharmaceutical executives, religious activists, consumer advocates, officials of nongovernmental organizations, representatives from the World Health Organization, and academics, explore ways in which multinational managers can direct the resources of their firms toward the amelioration of poverty in the Third World, while maintaining the economic viability of their corporations The book begins by analyzing the overall issue of multinational pharmaceutical corporate involvement in Third World locations. The contributors discuss the broad issue of conflict and collaboration between multinational corporations and activists, the role of pharmaceuticals in Third World health care, and the role of multinational corporations in that process |
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Beschreibung: | XXII, 366 S. |
ISBN: | 0268015112 0-268-01511-2 |