Screening for mental illness: The merger of eugenics and the drug industry

Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 111-124

  Sharav, Vera Hassner ^a,b  

^a Alliance for Human Research Protection ^*

^b Alliance for Hum Res Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

"New Freedom Commission"; Drug prescribing model; Eugenics; Psychiatry; Screening; TMAP

Indexed keywords

PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DRUG COST; DRUG INDUSTRY; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MENTAL DISEASE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 26244463528     PISSN: 15594343     EISSN: 19389000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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