Bad Pharma How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients

Name: Bad Pharma How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
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ISBN: 9780865478060

ISBN-10: 0865478066

ISBN-13: 9780865478060

Edition: 2014

Authors: Ben Goldacre

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“Smart, funny, clear, unflinching: Ben Goldacre is my hero.” —Mary Roach, author of Stiff, Spook, and BonkWe like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about these drugs, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much of their education is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. We like to…

Book details

List price: $18.00
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Faber & Faber, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/1/2014
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English