Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare
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| Rating | : | 4.86 (857 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00G353WCE |
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| Number of Pages | : | 114 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-28 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is a member of several groups publishing guidelines for good reporting of research and has co- authored CONSORT for randomised trials (consort- statement. He is a specialist in internal medicine; he worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in the drug industry 1975-83, and at hospitals in Copenhagen 1984-95. Pete
The patients don't realise that, although their doctors may know a lot about diseases and human physiology and psychology, they know very, very little about drugs that hasn't been carefully concocted and dressed up by the drug industryIf you don't think the system is out of control, please email me and explain why drugs are the third leading cause of deathIf such a hugely lethal epidemic had been caused by a new bacterium or a virus, or even one-hundredth of it, we would have done everything we could to get it under control." FROM THE INTRODUCTION. PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH AFTER HEART DISEASE AND CANCER. The book addresses, in evidence-based detail, an extraordinary system failure caused by widespread crime, corruption, bribery and impotent drug regulation in need of radical reforms. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C Gotzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behaviour, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for hu
. About the Author Professor Peter C Gotzsche graduated as a Master of Science in biology and chemistry in 1974 and as a physician in 1984. He co- founded The Cochrane Collaboration in 1993 and established The Nordic Cochrane Centre the same year. He is a member of several groups publishing guidelines for good reporting of research and has co- authored CONSORT for randomised trials (consort- statement. Peter Gotzsche has published more than 50 papers in 'the big fi ve' (BMJ, Lancet, JAMA, Annals of Internal Medicine and New England Journal of Medicine) and his scientifi c works have been cited over 10 000 times. He is a specialist in internal medicine; he worked with clinical trials and regulatory affairs in th
Big pharma and the Mafia Mauricio J. Solorzano One of the biggest canaries at the moment is Peter Gøtzsche, none other than the head of the Nordic Cochrane Centre, the Scandanavian arm of the Cochrane Collaboration, an independent research and information centre committed to preparing, maintaining, and disseminating reviews of the various treatments of mainstream medicine and examining whether they have adequate evidence of safety and effectiveness. Cochrane was the first group of individuals to champion the notion of`evidence-based' medicine . "Polemical but powerful expose of the widespread corruption of big Pharma and their unholy influence on medicine and healthcare." according to D. F. Watt. Polemical but powerful expose of the widespread corruption of big Pharma and their unholy influence on medicine and healthcare. You will not see prescription medicines in quite the same way after reading this. Would have wished for a more scientific and less angry/polemical treatment. The data and the facts themselves will make people angry, and less of that from the author might have made for a better sense of an objective treatment.As a clinician in the healthcare system for Polemical but powerful expose of the widespread corruption of big Pharma and their unholy influence on medicine and healthcare. Polemical but powerful expose of the widespread corruption of big Pharma and their unholy influence on medicine and healthcare. You will not see prescription medicines in quite the same way after reading this. Would have wished for a more scientific and less angry/polemical treatment. The data and the facts themselves will make people angry, and less of that from the author might have made for a better sense of an objective treatment.As a clinician in the healthcare system for 35+ years, I have to valida. 5+ years, I have to valida. "This book should be a must read for all health care providers." according to Leah. Frightening, disturbing, and changed my opinion of pharmaceutical companies forever! This book should be required of all health care providers prescribing medications.