Are Americans overmedicated? /
Amanda Hiber, book editor.
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, 2007.
- 127 p. ; 24 cm.
- At issue .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Americans are overmedicated / Katharine Greider -- Americans are not overmedicated / Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America -- Americans are overmedicated with psychiatric drugs / Fred Leavitt -- Americans are not overmedicated with psychiatric drugs / Maia Szalavitz -- Children are overmedicated with adhd drugs / Bruce Wiseman -- Children with adhd are not overmedicated / E. Clarke Ross -- Prescription drug advertising leads to overmedication / Peter Lurie -- Prescription drug advertising empowers patients / Paul Antony -- Low-income Americans are undermedicated / Marie C. Reed -- Americans with chronic pain are undermedicated / Barry Yeoman -- Overmedication causes health problems for many elderly Americans / Cynthia M. Williams -- Overprescription of antibiotics has led to antibiotic resistance / Linda Bren.