Stossel, Thomas P.,

Pharmaphobia : how the conflict of interest myth undermines American medical Innovation / Thomas P. Stossel. - p. ; cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The stakes -- A practitioner's history of medical innovation -- Enter the conflict-of-interest mania -- The mania mongers -- Abusing evidence -- Bad policy process -- Flawed and damaging policies -- Misunderstanding innovation -- Economic illiteracy -- Misplaced criticism of incremental innovation -- Rushing to judgment with product safety alarms -- Demonizing marketing is false advertising -- The 'gift' smoke screen -- The lawyers' ball -- The price we pay -- What is to be done?

9781442244627 (cloth : alk. paper)

2014042834


Medical care--United States.
Inventions--United States.
Conflict of interests--United States.
Medical care, Cost of--United States.

RA418.3 .U6 / S76 2015

362.10973

W 84 AA1