Pharmageddon

This searing indictment, David Healy's most comprehensive and forceful argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine, tackles problems in health care that are leading to a growing number of deaths and disabilities. Healy, who was the first to draw attention to the now well-publicized s...

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1. Verfasser:	Healy, David
Format:	E-Book
Sprache:	Englisch
Veröffentlicht:	Berkeley University of California Press 2012
Ausgabe:	1
Schlagworte:	addiction american healthcare anti-depressants big pharma blockbuster drugs dangers of prescription drugs drug companies Drug Industry drug use Drug Utilization evidence based medical system evidence based medicine Health Sciences healthcare and drugs healthcare and pharamceuticals MEDICAL MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery MEDICAL / Health Policy MEDICAL / History medical lit medication side effects medications and safety medicine and healthcare mental illness pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry pharmaceutical companies pharmaceuticalization of medicine pharmacy books prescription drug safety universal healthcare universal healthcare medication side effects mental illness healthcare and pharamceuticals dangers of prescription drugs addiction big pharma medical lit pharmacy books pharmaceuticalization of medicine medications and safety evidence based medicine american healthcare drug companies blockbuster drugs healthcare and drugs pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry drug use medicine and healthcare evidence based medical system anti-depressants prescription drug safety pharmaceutical companies
ISBN:	9780520270985, 0520270983, 9780520951815, 0520951816, 9780520275768, 0520275764
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Pharmageddon -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. They Used to Call It Medicine -- 2. Medicine and the Marketers -- 3. Follow the Evidence -- 4. Doctoring the Data -- 5. Trussed in Guidelines -- 6. The Mismeasurement of Medicine -- 7. The Eclipse of Care -- 8. Pharmageddon -- Notes -- Index.
Front Matter Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1: They Used to Call It Medicine 2: Medicine and the Marketers 3: Follow the Evidence 4: Doctoring the Data 5: Trussed in Guidelines 6: The Mismeasurement of Medicine 7: The Eclipse of Care 8: Pharmageddon Notes Index
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. They Used to Call It Medicine -- 2. Medicine and the Marketers -- 3. Follow the Evidence -- 4. Doctoring the Data -- 5. Trussed in Guidelines -- 6. The Mismeasurement of Medicine -- 7. The Eclipse of Care -- 8. Pharmageddon -- Notes -- Index
Acknowledgments --
Contents --
1. They Used to Call It Medicine --
5. Trussed in Guidelines --
3. Follow the Evidence --
6. The Mismeasurement of Medicine --
Index
4. Doctoring the Data --
8. Pharmageddon --
2. Medicine and the Marketers --
7. The Eclipse of Care --
Frontmatter --
Notes --
Introduction --