BadPharma:HowMedicineisBroken,andHowWeCanFixIt
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollinsUK
- 出版时间 2013年8月 第1版
- ISBN 9780007498086
- 定价 82.00
内容简介
BenGoldacreputsthe$600bnglobalpharmaceuticalindustryunderthemicroscope.Whatherevealsisafascinating,terrifyingmess.***NowupdatedwiththelatestgovernmentresponsestothebookDoctorsandpatientsneedgoodscientificevidencetomakeinformeddecisions.Butinstead,companiesrunbadtrialsontheirowndrugs,whichdistortandexaggeratethebenefitsbydesign.Whenthesetrialsproduceunflatteringresults,thedataissimplyburied.Allofthisisperfectlylegal.Infact,evengovernmentregulatorswithholdvitallyimportantdatafromthepeoplewhoneeditmost.Doctorsandpatientgroupshavestoodbytoo,andfailedtoprotectus.Instead,theytakemoneyandfavours,inaworldsofracturedthatmedicsandnursesarenoweducatedbythedrugsindustry.Theresult:patientsareharmedinhugenumbers.BenGoldacreisBritain’sfinestwriteronthesciencebehindmedicine,and‘BadPharma’isthebookthatfinallypromptedParliamenttoaskwhyalltrialresultsaren’tmadepubliclyavailable–thiseditionhasbeenupdatedwiththelatestnewsfromtheselectcommitteehearings.LetthewittyandindefatigableGoldacreshowyouhowmedicinewentwrong,andwhatyoucandotomendit.
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