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Author Abramson, John, author.

Title Sickening : how big pharma broke American health care and how we can repair it / John Abramson.

Publication Info. Boston ; New York : Mariner Books, [2022]
©2022.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  362.1 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  338.4761 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department  362 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  362.1097 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  362.1097 ABR    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Non Fiction  362.1097 ABR    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  362.1 ABRAMSON    DUE 03-24-24
 Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction  362.1 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf
 Southington Library - Adult  362.1097 ABR    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  362.1097 ABRAMSON    Check Shelf

Description xxvii, 304 pages : illustrations, charts ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [241]-294) and index.
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.
Subject Medical care -- United States.
Pharmaceutical industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.
Health care reform -- United States.
Added Title Sickening
ISBN 9781328957818 (hardcover)
1328957810 (hardcover)
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