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Overdo$ed America, the broken promise of American medicine, John Abramson

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Overdo$ed America, the broken promise of American medicine, John Abramson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Overdo$ed America

Medium

electronic resource eBook

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Responsibility statement

John Abramson

Sub title

the broken promise of American medicine

Summary

This book explains how the pharmaceutical companies distort medical knowledge, mislead doctors, and compromise the health of patients

Table Of Contents

A family doctor's journey of discovery -- Medicine in transition: caring for patients at the crossroads -- Spinning the evidence: even the most respected medical journals are not immune -- False and misleading: the misrepresentation of Celebrex and Vioxx -- The myth of excellence -- A case in point: the saga of hormone replacement therapy -- The commercialization of American medicine -- American medicine's perfect storm: a brief history -- The commercial takeover of medical knowledge -- The snake and the staff: duping the doctors -- A smoking gun: the 2001 cholesterol guidelines -- Direct-to-consumer: advertising, public relations, and the medical news -- Follow the money: supply-side medical care -- Taking back our health -- The knee in room 8: beyond the limits of biomedicine -- From osteoporosis to heart disease: what the research really shows about staying healthy -- Healing our ailing health care system, or how to save $500 billion a year while improving Americans' health

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Overdosed America

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