Selling sickness
Documentary examines the pharmaceutical industry's marketing of antidepressants with particular emphasis on the firm GlaxoSmithKline. It explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as they promote miracle cures - selling not just drugs b...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Brooklyn, NY : First Run/Icarus Films [distributor], [2004], ©2004. |
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| Summary: | Documentary examines the pharmaceutical industry's marketing of antidepressants with particular emphasis on the firm GlaxoSmithKline. It explores the unhealthy relationships between society, medical science and the pharmaceutical industry as they promote miracle cures - selling not just drugs but also the latest diseases that go with them. It also looks at the growing controversy around SSRI antidepressants (especially as they affect adolescents) and follows British psychiatrist David Healy and patients' accusations that aggressive drug marketing is blurring the boundaries between medical conditions and ordinary life. |
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| Item Description: | "Produced in association with SBS Independent, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, France 2, New South Wales Film and Television Office." |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD. |
| Production Credits: | Editor, Karen Johnson ; photography, John Whitteron ; composer, Felicity Fox ; narrator, Robyn Johnston. |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |