{"product_id":"bad-pharma-how-drug-companies-mislead-doctors-and-harm-patients-paperback","title":"Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBen Goldacre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSmart, funny, clear, unflinching: Ben Goldacre is my hero. --Mary Roach, author of \u003ci\u003eStiff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSpook\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBonk\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWe like to imagine that medicine is based on evidence and the results of fair testing and clinical trials. In reality, those tests and trials are often profoundly flawed. We like to imagine that doctors who write prescriptions for everything from antidepressants to cancer drugs to heart medication are familiar with the research literature about these drugs, when in reality much of the research is hidden from them by drug companies. We like to imagine that doctors are impartially educated, when in reality much of their education is funded by the pharmaceutical industry. We like to imagine that regulators have some code of ethics and let only effective drugs onto the market, when in reality they approve useless drugs, with data on side effects casually withheld from doctors and patients.\u003cbr\u003e All these problems have been shielded from public scrutiny because they are too complex to capture in a sound bite. Ben Goldacre shows that the true scale of this murderous disaster fully reveals itself only when the details are untangled. He believes we should all be able to understand precisely how data manipulation works and how research misconduct in the medical industry affects us on a global scale.\u003cbr\u003e With Goldacre's characteristic flair and a forensic attention to detail, \u003ci\u003eBad Pharma \u003c\/i\u003ereveals a shockingly broken system in need of regulation. This is the pharmaceutical industry as it has never been seen before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBen Goldacre\u003c\/b\u003e is a doctor and a writer. His first book, \u003ci\u003eBad Science\u003c\/i\u003e, was an international bestseller and has been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.26 x 8.25 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45612687917100,"sku":"9780865478060","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/bad-pharma-how-drug-companies-mislead-doctors-and-harm-patients-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}