Pharmaceuticals, Corporate Crime and Public Health
- ISBN-10
- 1783471107
- ISBN-13
- 9781783471102
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 424
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-06-27
- Publisher
- Edward Elgar Publishing
- Authors
- John Braithwaite, Graham Dukes, J P Moloney
Description
The pharmaceutical industry exists to serve the community, but over the years it has engaged massively in corporate crime, with the public footing the bill. This readable study by experts in medicine, law, criminology and public health documents the pr
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