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Pharmageddon
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This book is suited for readers interested in health care policy, medical ethics, and the influence of the pharmaceutical industry on medicine and society.
Presenting a comprehensive and forceful argument against the pharmaceuticalization of medicine, this book tackles problems in health care that are leading to a growing number of deaths and disabilities. It explains why these trends have basically ended the possibility of universal health care in the United States and elsewhere around the world.
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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-publicised suicide-inducing side effects of many anti-depressants, attributes our current state of affairs to three key factors: product rather than process patents on drugs, the classification of certain drugs as prescription-only, and industry-controlled drug trials.
These developments have tied the survival of pharmaceutical companies to the development of blockbuster drugs, so that they must overhype benefits and deny real hazards.
Healy further explains why these trends have basically ended the possibility of universal health care in the United States and elsewhere around the world. He concludes with suggestions for reform of our currently corrupted evidence-based medical system.
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Publishers Weekly praises Healy's contrarian and sharp analysis, calling the book a disturbing and well-documented indictment that is worth heeding. Human Givens describes it as powerful, highlighting Healy's exposure of industry secrets and his offered solutions.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780520275768
Publisher: University of California Press
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 12 March 2012
Country: United States
Imprint: University of California Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 20.0mm
Width: 152.0mm
Height: 229.0mm
Weight: 454g
Pages: 320
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About the Author
David Healy is Professor of Psychiatry at Cardiff University in Britain and a former Secretary of the British Association for Psychopharmacology. He is the author of books including Let Them Eat Prozac: The Unhealthy Relationship Between the Pharmaceutical Industry and Depression, The Antidepressant Era, and Mania: A Short History of Bipolar Disorder.
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