Patents and Public Health: Two Essays on Medicine & Genetics as Intellectual Property

by Matthew Howard

Now is an important time in human history. Viral outbreaks threaten lives and make headlines. We see new diseases appear and spread across the planet. We map our genetic code. And we now share the planet with lifeforms of our own creation.

A global communication system keeps us informed. But a global system of trade agreements plays a very important role we do not hear so much about. These trade agreements govern, among other things, patent...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0692367195
• ISBN13: 9780692367193
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Puma Concolor Aeternus Press
• Length: 70 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"