HLTC02H3 Lecture Notes - Health Promotion
Document Summary
Dry neighbourhood - no liquor stores in western toronto. Delayed the entry of generic drugs which are often cheaper and even more effective than the branded ones. By 1996, profits for drug sector increased (shot-up) The pharmaceutical industry profitable and powerful economic sector. Drugs vs. doctors and the value of new active substances (drugs with molecules that have never been marketed before) Older drugs are much better the newer ones do not significantly contribute. Drugs contribute to a decline in mortality, especially effective for infectious diseases but not all the cures are attributable to drugs. Role of pharmaceuticals was important esp. in hiv/aids- most notorious in hiv/aids. By 1997, people were able to live longer because of drugs but in poor countries/continents like africa, haiti and india, people still do not have access to drugs for treatment. Drugs help people to live longer but do not mean that they won"t die. There are very small percentages of drugs that contribute.
