Book
Sickening : how big pharma broke American health care and how we can repair it
Publication Information
Boston ; New York : Mariner Books, [2022]
Physical Description
xxvii, 304 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm
Summary
"The inside story of how Big Pharma's relentless pursuit of ever-higher profits corrupts medical knowledge, misleading doctors, misdirecting American health care, and harming our health"--Book jacket flap.
Contents
- 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.