Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take - Hardcover
by Jerry Avorn
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668052846ISBN-10:1668052849UPC:9781668052846Book Category:Political Science, Medical, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Public Health, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:Health CareSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCSF7QC5QB
Rethinking Medications: Truth, Power, and the Drugs You Take
A leading medical expert explains why too many of the medications Americans take are poorly evaluated, overpriced, or pose unwarranted risks--and what we can do to fix that. Groundbreaking research has given us many remarkable new medicines, but America's drug evaluation process, once the envy of the world, is being seriously compromised. Under pressure from drugmakers, the FDA has been lowering...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Simon & SchusterISBN-13:9781668052846ISBN-10:1668052849UPC:9781668052846Book Category:Political Science, Medical, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Public Policy, Public Health, Disease & Health IssuesBook Topic:Health CareSize:9.10 x 6.20 x 1.70 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCSF7QC5QB
Jerry Avorn, MD, is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a senior internist in the Mass General Brigham health-care system. He built a leading research center at Harvard to study medication use, outcomes, costs, and policies and developed the educational outreach approach known as "academic detailing," providing evidence-based information about medications to prescribers. One of...
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