How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients
“Smart, funny, clear, unflinching: Ben Goldacre is my hero.” —Mary Roach, author of Stiff , Spook , and Bonk Medicine is broken. We like to imagine that it’s based on evidence and the results of fair tests. In reality, those tests are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors are familiar with the research literature surrounding a drug, when in reality much of the research is hidden from...
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