Distorted packaging: Marketing depression as illness, drugs as cure

Journal of Medical Humanities

Volumn 24, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 105-130

  Gardner, Paula ^a  

^a BRIDGEWATER STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antidepressants; Consumer culture; Depression; Marketing; Neuroscience; Pharmaceuticals; Productivity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845290964     PISSN: 10413545     EISSN: 15733645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1021314017235     Document Type: Article

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