The medication cycle: its impact on access to and adequate use of drugs

Homedes Núria; Ugalde Antonio

doi:10.18294/sc.2015.411

The medication cycle: its impact on access to and adequate use of drugs

Homedes Núria Médica internista, Doctora en Salud Pública. Docente, Departamento de Salud Internacional, Georgetown University; Washington DC, EE.UU , Ugalde Antonio Doctor en Derecho, Doctor en Sociología. Profesor Emérito, Departamento de Sociología, University of Texas at Austin; EE.UU

Published: 4 March 2015

https://doi.org/10.18294/sc.2015.411

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Keywords: Research, Vaccines, Bioethics, Public Health, Drug Industry

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