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Sickening : how Big Pharma broke American health care and how we can repair it / John Abramson.

Summary:

Abramson combines patient stories with what he learned during many years of serving as an expert in national drug litigation, and reveals the tangled web of financial interest at the heart of the dysfunction in our health-care system. Big Pharma funds most clinical trials and therefore controls the research agenda, and withholds the real data as "corporate secrets." He shines a light on the dark underbelly of American health care-- and presents a path toward genuine reform. -- adapted from jacket

Record details

ISBN: 9781328957818
ISBN: 1328957810
Physical Description: xxvii, 304 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston ; Mariner Books, [2022]
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-294) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Introduction -- Part I: Health care American-style. Vioxx: an American tragedy ; Neurontin: fraud and racketeering ; The truth about statins ; Insulin Inc.: the exploitation of diabetes -- Part II: Pharma means business. As American society goes, so goes American health care ; How doctors know ; Manufacturing belief ; Market failure in medical knowledge -- Part III: Moving forward. The limits of Obamacare ; The key to meaningful reform: fix the knowledge problem ; Reform from the bottom up -- Afterword.