The Pharmaceutical IndustryCenter for Education and Research in Free Enterprise, Texas A & M University, 1985 - Business & Economics - 19 pages |
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... health and health care , and now people live longer , healthier lives . These changes can be attributed to improvements in three areas : public sanitation , physician and nursing care , and pharmaceuticals . Improved public sanitation ...
... health and health care , and now people live longer , healthier lives . These changes can be attributed to improvements in three areas : public sanitation , physician and nursing care , and pharmaceuticals . Improved public sanitation ...
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... health care treatment , sharply reducing the need for expensive , personalized professional care . These mental health patients can now be placed on medication and consult only periodically with an expert rather than living in a mental ...
... health care treatment , sharply reducing the need for expensive , personalized professional care . These mental health patients can now be placed on medication and consult only periodically with an expert rather than living in a mental ...
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... health improves as a result . If a patient , then , is given an inert substance or a sugar pill , there will often be beneficial therapeutic effects just because they feel they should get better . This placebo effect greatly complicates ...
... health improves as a result . If a patient , then , is given an inert substance or a sugar pill , there will often be beneficial therapeutic effects just because they feel they should get better . This placebo effect greatly complicates ...
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