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.

0737734019 (lib. hardcover : alk. paper) 9780737734010 (lib. hardcover : alk. paper) 0737734027 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780737734027 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2006020093


Drugs--United States--Juvenile literature.
Medication errors--United States--Juvenile literature.

RM301.17 / .A74 2007

362.29