Sociological perspective of pharmacy

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(1) What is a drug?
In this article, the author shows how the definition of a drug has possessed different meanings over history. Even today, many different perspectives are possible.
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Pharmaceutical Journal, 1 Sep 2001, p301-302. Vol 267, no 7163

(2) To take or not to take
The author describes how medicines fit into the comparatively new perspective of the sociology of the body.
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Pharmaceutical Journal, 20 Oct 2001, p562-563. Vol 267, no 7170

(3) Drugs and desire
In this final article, the author examines pharmacists' advertising from a sociological perspective.
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Pharmaceutical Journal, 16 Mar 2002, p374-375. Vol 268, no 7189

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