Taxes on Earnings from Continuing Operations (Details 2) (USD $)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2014 item	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012
Taxes on Earnings from Continuing Operations
Impact of debt extinguishment on domestic loss before taxes			$ 1,290,000,000
Number of items which are not settled in the U.S.	4
Undistributed earnings reinvested indefinitely in foreign subsidiaries		23,000,000,000
Earnings (Loss) From Continuing Operations Before Taxes:
Domestic	392,000,000	496,000,000	(1,581,000,000)
Foreign	2,126,000,000	1,545,000,000	1,361,000,000
Earnings (loss) from Continuing Operations before Taxes	2,518,000,000	2,041,000,000	(220,000,000)
Current:
Domestic	27,000,000	4,000,000	(44,000,000)
Foreign, current tax	468,000,000	482,000,000	819,000,000
Total current taxes	495,000,000	486,000,000	775,000,000
Deferred:
Domestic, deferred tax	298,000,000	(308,000,000)	(572,000,000)
Foreign, deferred tax	4,000,000	(125,000,000)	(660,000,000)
Total deferred taxes	302,000,000	(433,000,000)	(1,232,000,000)
Total	797,000,000	53,000,000	(457,000,000)
Differences between the effective income tax rate and the U.S. statutory tax rate:
Statutory tax rate on earnings from continuing operations (as a percent)	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%
Impact of foreign operation	0.70%	(18.50%)	105.10%
Resolution of certain tax positions pertaining to prior years (as a percent)	(4.20%)	(11.30%)	96.20%
Effect of retroactive litigation (as a percent)		(5.00%)
State taxes, net of federal benefit (as a percent)	(0.50%)	2.10%	(4.60%)
All other, net (as a percent)	0.60%	0.30%	(24.00%)
Effective tax rate on earnings from continuing operations (as a percent)	31.60%	2.60%	207.70%
Deferred tax assets:
Compensation and employee benefits	1,239,000,000	862,000,000
Other, primarily reserves not currently deductible, and NOL's and credit carryforwards	2,759,000,000	2,908,000,000
Trade receivable reserves	146,000,000	155,000,000
Inventory reserves	152,000,000	137,000,000
Deferred intercompany profit	330,000,000	274,000,000
State income taxes	178,000,000	196,000,000
Total deferred tax assets	4,804,000,000	4,532,000,000
Deferred tax liabilities:
Depreciation	(93,000,000)	(72,000,000)
Other, primarily the excess of book basis over tax basis of intangible assets	(2,491,000,000)	(1,774,000,000)
Total deferred tax liabilities	(2,584,000,000)	(1,846,000,000)
Total net deferred tax assets	2,220,000,000	2,686,000,000
Reconciliation of Unrecognized Tax Benefits
Balance at the beginning of the period	1,965,000,000	2,257,000,000
Increase due to current year tax positions	220,000,000	244,000,000
Increase due to prior year tax positions	153,000,000	152,000,000
Lapse of statute		(23,000,000)
Settlements	(79,000,000)	(124,000,000)
Balance at the end of the period	1,403,000,000	1,965,000,000	2,257,000,000
Unrecognized tax benefits that would impact effective tax rate	$ 1,300,000,000