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He goes on to describe the role prescribing doctors and key opinion leaders play in the practice of medicine, which is now strongly influenced by pharmaceutical companies. What are some good books on the corruptness of the. Pharmaceutical industry, health care industries, books. According to dr goldacre, the whole edifice of medicine is broken, because the evidence that we the doctors use to make decisions is hopelessly and systematically distorted. Oct 17, 2012 bad pharma is altogether more sombre and grim a thorough piece of investigative medical journalism. Jul 11, 2019 discover book depository s huge selection of pharmaceutical industries books online. Find the top 100 most popular items in amazon books best sellers. Feb 14, 20 ben goldacre is now on a north american tour promoting his book, bad pharma, his expose of the pharmaceutical industry.
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