Pills for the poorest : an exploration of trips and access to medication in Sub-Saharan Africa / Emilie Cloatre, Kent Law School, University of Kent, UK.
- Cloatre, Emilie
- Date:
- 2013
- Books
About this work
Description
"This book offers a new perspective on the links between intellectual property and access to medication. Using local case studies and insights from actor-network theory, it explores the ways in which TRIPs is translated in the daily practices of those who purchase, distribute and use medicines in sub-Saharan Africa"-- Provided by publisher.
Publication/Creation
Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical description
xii, 204 pages ; 24 cm.
Contributors
Contents
Introduction: Global IP and pills for the poorest -- TRIPS as assemblage -- From global scripts to local translation -- From IP to public health in Djibouti and Ghana -- Pharmaceutical patents as silent regulatory tools : escaping branded drugs in Djibouti -- Ghana, pharmaceutical patents and the ambivalence of generic medicines -- Global movements, changing markets and the reshaping of health and disease -- Conclusion: Pharmaceuticals and socio-legal ambivalence.
Bibliographic information
Includes bibliographical references.
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Where to find it
Location Status Medical CollectionQV736 2013C64pOpen shelves
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Identifiers
ISBN
- 9780230282841
- 0230282849