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White coat, black hat : adventures on the dark side of medicine / Carl Elliott.

Van Pelt Library R724 .E385 2010
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Elliott, Carl, 1961-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Medical ethics--United States.
Medical ethics.
United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Medicine--United States.
Medicine.
Drug Industry--ethics.
Conflict of Interest.
Drug Evaluation--ethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Professional Misconduct.
Medical Subjects:
Drug Industry--ethics.
Conflict of Interest.
Drug Evaluation--ethics.
Ethics, Medical.
Professional Misconduct.
Physical Description:
xvi, 213 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Boston : Beacon Press, [2010]
Summary:
In this lively narrative, physician and moral philosopher Carl Elliott traces for the first time the evolutionary path of the new direction in health care, revealing the dangerous underbelly of the beast that has emerged--a beast that sacrifices old-style doctoring to fit the values of consumer capitalism.
Contents:
The guinea pigs
The ghosts
The detail men
The thought leaders
The flacks
The ethicists.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780807061428
0807061425
OCLC:
520440993
Publisher Number:
99939847667

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