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The medical-industrial complex, a growing network of corporations providing medical care, products, and supplies for profit. The pharmaceutical industry is a significant player in canadian health care, with drugs being a major and increasing component of health spending. Demographic patterns, inappropriate prescribing, and the role of physicians and pharmacists in the over-prescription of drugs. It also touches upon the profitability and strategies of the pharmaceutical industry.
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S/A 4071: Social/Cultural Aspects of Health and Illness: Class 30: The Medical Industrial Complex 1:
Medical-industrial complex= a large, growing network of private & public corporations in the business of providing medical care, products, supplies & products for profit (e.g. the pharmaceutical industry)
The drug industry is a major player in Canadian health care, & drugs are a major & growing component of health spending:
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