Abstract

A long time has passed since I last gave chemotherapy, but I have not been immune to the news about the drug shortages in the past few years. Therefore, I wanted to explore what was behind the headlines like “U.S. fac-ing cancer drug shortage: Ariz. doctors rationing supplies; FDA allowing India imports ” in the February 22nd Arizona Business News (Alltucker, 2012). You may have been more directly involved in the stories behind these headlines. What dilemmas have you faced related to drug shortages? Drug shortages are defined in Tyler (2002) as “a change in the drug supply that has the potential to compromise