Children and drug safety : balancing risk and protection in twentieth century America
(Book)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"Children and Drug Safety" traces the development, use, and marketing of drugs for children in the twentieth century, a history that sits at the interface of the state, business, health care providers, parents, and children. This book illuminates the historical dimension of a clinical and policy issue with great contemporary significance. Each chapter of the book engages with major turning points in pediatric drug development; themes of children's risk, rights, protection and the evolving context of childhood; child-rearing; and family life in ways freighted with nuances of race, class, and gender. -- From publisher's description.