Multinational corporations, the state, and contemporary medicine

Health Sociology Review

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 245-257

  Jasso Aguilar, Rebeca ^a   Waitzkin, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

Corporate government relations ('revolving door'); Marxist theory; Neoliberalism; Pharmaceutical industry; Sociology; Transnational capitalist class

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053926063     PISSN: 14461242     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/hesr.2011.20.3.245     Document Type: Article

References (42)

1. Abboud, L. (2004) 'Texas health plan curbs Lilly drug: Zyprexa, a huge product, is kept off 'preferred' list to rein in Medicaid costs' The Wall Street Journal [Electronic version]:B3.
2. Alford, J.; and O'Neill, D. (eds) (1994) The contract state Centre For Applied Social Research, Deakin University: Victoria.
3. Alkire, S.; and Ritchie, A. (2007) Winning ideas: Lessons from free-market economics Oxford Poverty and Human Initiative (OPHI) Working Paper Series Working Paper No. 6. Available at: http://www.ophi.org.uk/wp-content/ uploads/OPHI-wp06.pdf (Accessed 28 November 2010).
4. Armada, F.; Muntaner, C; and Navarro, V. (2001) 'Health and social security reforms in Latin America: the convergence of the World Health Organisation, the World Bank, and transnational corporations' International Journal of Health Services 31:729-768. (Pubitemid 34052926)
5. Barnet, R. J.; and Mueller, R. E. (1974) Global reach: The power of the multinational corporations Simon and Schuster: New York.
6. Bello, W. (2005) Dilemmas of domination: The unmaking of the American Empire Metropolitan Books: New York.
7. Bender, K. (2004) 'Olanzapine, Haloperidol comparably effective, tolerated over year' Psychiatric Times [Electronic version] January 1, 2004; section Feature; p. 87.
8. Department of Veterans Affairs (2003) Study questions benefits of costly schizophrenia drug; findings suggest Olanzapine's advantages may be limited Department of Veterans Affairs press release, November 25, 2003. Available at http://www.research.va.gov/news/press-releases/schizophre-nia-112503.cfm (Accessed 28 November 2010).
9. Enciso, A. (2004) 'Trastorno mal valorado propi-cia daño cerebral irreversible en los niños' La Jornada, Mexico City [Electronic version], August 2, 2004. Available at http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2004/08/02/045n1soc.php? origen=soc-jus.phpandfly=1 (Accessed 28 November 2010).
10. Fukuyama, F. (2004) State-building: Governance and world order in the 21st century Cornell University Press: Ithaca, NY.
11. Garnaut, J.; and Wilkinson, M. (2004) Plum jobs for U.S. trade deal advisers The Sydney Morning Herald Sydney, Australia [Electronic version], July 27, 2004. Available at http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/26/1090693902122. html (Accessed 28 November 2010).
12. Green, D. (2003) Silent revolution: The rise and crisis of market economics in Latin America Monthly Review Press: New York.
13. Guillen Romo, H. (1997) La contrarrevolucion neoliberal ediciones Era: Mexico City.
14. Harris, G. (2003) States try to limit drugs in Medicaid, but makers resist The New York Times [Electronic version] December 18, 2003; Section A; Column 1; Business/Financial Desk, 1.
15. Harvey, D. (2005) A brief history of privatisation Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
16. Iriart, C.; Merhy, E.; and Waitzkin, H. (2001) 'Managed care in Latin America: the new common sense in health policy reform' Social Science and Medicine 52:1243-1253. (Pubitemid 32101449)
17. Jakubec, S. L.; and Campbell, M. (2003) 'Mental health research and cultural dominance: The social construction of knowledge for international development' Canadian Journal of Nursing Research 35(2):74-89.
18. Jasso-Aguilar, R.; Waitzkin, H; and Landwehr, A. (2004) 'Multinational corporations and health care in the United States and Latin America: Strategies, actions, and effects' Journal of Health and Social Behavior 45:136-157.
19. Klein, N. (2007) The shock therapy: The rise of disaster capitalism Metropolitan Books: New York.
20. Kohl, B.; and Farthing, L. (2006) Impasse in Bolivia: Neoliberal hegemony and popular resistance Zed Books: London.
21. Krugman, P. (2006) The K Street prescription (Op-Ed) The New York Times New York, NY [Electronic version] January 20, 2006, A 17.
22. Lakoff A. (2004) 'The anxieties of globalisa- tion: Antidepressant sales and economic crises in Argentina' Social Studies of Sciences 34(2):247-269. (Pubitemid 38726848)
23. Laurell, A. C. (2001a) 'Health reform in Mexico: The promotion of inequalities' International Journal of Health Services 31:291-321. (Pubitemid 32523513)
24. Laurell, A. C. (2001b) Mexicanos en Defensa de la Salud y la Seguridad Social: Como Garantizar y Ampliar tus Conquistas Historicas Editorial Planeta Mexicana: Mexico City.
25. Lenzer, J. (2004) 'Bush plans to screen whole U.S. population for mental illness' British Medical Journal 328:1458.
26. Lokuge, B.; Faunce, T. A.; and Denniss, R. (2003) A backdoor to higher medicine prices? Intellectual property and the Australia-U.S. Free Trade Agreement The Australia Institute. Available at http://cgkd.anu.edu.au/menus/ PDFs/Patents%20and%20FTA%20final.pdf (Accessed 28 November 2010).
27. Miliband, R. (1989) Divided societies: Class struggle in contemporary capitalism Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK.
28. Phillips, C. B. (2006) 'Medicine goes to school: Teachers as sickness brokers for ADHD' PLoS Medicine 3(4):001-003. Available at http://medicine. plosjournals.org/ (Accessed 28 November 2010).
29. Public Citizen (2004) The Medicare drug war: An army of nearly 1,000 lobbyists pushes a Medicare law that puts drug companies and HMO profits ahead of patients and taxpayers. Available at http://www.citizen.org/documents/ Medicare-Drug-War%20-Report-2004.pdf (Accessed 28 November 2010).
30. Robinson, W. (2004) A theory of global capitalism: Production, class, and state in a transnational world The John Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.
31. Rogers, D. (2002) 'VA bid to trim drug costs may rile firms - Eli Lilly objects to policy promoting less-costly treatments' Wall Street Journal [Electronic version] New York, February 13A22.
32. Rosenheck, R.; Perlick, D.; Bingham, S.; Liu-Mares, W.; Collins, J.; Warren, S.; et al. (2003) Effectiveness and cost of Olanzapine and Haloperidol in the treatment of schizophrenia: A randomised control trial' Journal of the American Medical Association 290(20):2693-2702. Available at http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/290/20/2693 (Accessed 28 November 2010). (Pubitemid 37475597)
33. Saraceno, B.; and Saxena, S. (2004) 'Bridging the mental health research gap in low- and middle-income countries' Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 110:1-3. Available at www.blackwell-synergy.com (Accessed 28 November 2010). (Pubitemid 38822641)
34. Schuld, L. (2003) 'El Salvador: Who will have the hospitals?' NACLA Report on the Americas 36(3):42-45.
35. Slaughter, L. M. (2006) 'Medicare part D - The product of a broken process' New England Journal of Medicine 354(22): 2314-2315. (Pubitemid 43801276)
36. SourceWatch (2008 July 23) Government-industry revolving door. Available at http://www.source-watch.org/index.php?title=Government-industry-revolving- door (Accessed 28 November 2010).
37. Thomas, R. (2001) Expensive drugs cause budget problems for Washington Seattle Times [Electronic version] March 18, 2001.
38. Veterans Health Administration Highlights (2003) VA study finds that schizophrenia drugs may increase diabetes risk, August 29, 2003. Available at http://www.ahrp.org/infomail/03/08/29a.php (Accessed 28 November 2010).
39. Wall Street Journal (2004) 'Republican rot: Is Congress's GOP majority becoming as corrupt as the Democrats were?' Wall Street Journal (unsigned opinion piece) New York, February 9, 2004.
40. White, K. N.; and Collyer, F. M. (1998) 'Health care markets in Australia: Ownership of the private hospital sector' International Journal of Health Services 28(3):487-510.
41. WHO The Mental Health Context (2003) Mental health policy and service guidance package World Health Organisation: Geneva, Switzerland. Available at www.who.int/mental-health/resources/en/context.PDF (Accessed 28 November 2010).
42. Yeatman, A. (1995) 'Interpreting contemporary contractualism' in Boston, J. (ed.) The state under contract Bridget Williams Books: New Zealand, pp. 124-139.