Medical research for hire : the political economy of pharmaceutical clinical trials / Jill A. Fisher.

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2009], ©2009.

x, 257 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-244) and index.

Clinical trials : coming soon to a physician near you -- Governing human subjects research -- Pursuing contract research -- Coordinating clinical trials -- Monitoring the clinical trials industry -- Recruiting human subjects -- Mobilizing informed consent -- Cultivating pharmaceutical "compliance" -- Changing markets in pharmaceutical research.