Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Pharmaceutical companies

  • Pharmaceutical marketing in America

    Adil Menon Ali Mchaourab Cleveland, Ohio, United States   A Pharmacy for Every Need (plate 24). Charles Émile Jacque. 1843. The Art Institute of Chicago. Within the past few decades, there has been a great change in how the pharmaceutical industry markets its products in the United States. Prices of medical drugs have skyrocketed as…

  • What’s hormones got to do with it? The medicalization of menopause in postwar America

    Pavane Gorrepati Iowa City, Iowa, United States   An example of one of the many articles and advertisements published during this time in the Ladies’ Home Journal promulgating the use of hormone replacement therapy. Scott, J. (1946, 03). YOU NEED NOT FEAR THE MENOPAUSE. Ladies’ Home Journal, 63, 33-191. Retrieved from https://search.proquest.com/docview/1866674008?accountid=15172 Introduction From menstruation…