Living Worth: Value and Values in Global Pharmaceutical Markets

(Part of the Critical Global Health: Evidence, Efficacy, Ethnography Series)

by Stefan Ecks

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In Living Worth Stefan Ecks draws on ethnographic research on depression and antidepressant usage in India to develop a new theory of value. Framing depressive disorder as a problem of value, Ecks traces the myriad ways antidepressants come to have value, from their ability to help make one's life worth living to the wealth they generate in the multibillion-dollar global pharmaceutical market. Through case studies that include analyses of the...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1478017678

ISBN13:9781478017677

Release Date:March 2022

Publisher:Duke University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.85 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

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