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Title:
Off-label prescribing : justifying unapproved medicine / David Cavalla.
Author:
Cavalla, David, author.
Publication Information:
Chichester, West Sussex ; Hoboken, NJ, USA : Wiley Blackwell, 2015.
Call Number:
RM138 .C28 2015
ISBN:
9781118912072
Physical Description:
xvi, 193 pages ; 26 cm
Contents:
What is off-lable medication, and how prevalent is it? -- Where it all went right : new uses for existing drugs supported by good evidence -- Shared decision making and consent -- Gaming the system : the role of the pharmaceutical industry -- Do no harm : safety and efficacy -- Liability, injustice and reimbursement : who should pay? -- The role of regulation in off-label medicine -- Justifying unapproved medicine.
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