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claralivesinbooks's review against another edition
challenging
dark
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
The less you know, the better.
jcoker10's review against another edition
5.0
Important and worthwhile reading, even many years after the original publication. These problems continue to persist, and Goldacre’s fight for evidence based medicine is heroic. Required reading, especially for those in biomedical science.
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informative
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4.5
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There is no excuse for using slurs in any situation in a public bookjimbowen0306's review against another edition
5.0
In his previous book, Ben Goldacre looked at how people misunderstand or misinterpret science. It made depressing reading. becaause you had to wonder if people could misunderstand Science that badly.
This book kind of explains how people (and doctors in particular) can be mislead. It explains how pharmaceutical companies, and those that work with/liaise with them (journals, and government authorities for example) stretch boundaries so that their medicines can look as good as possible to those who read the data.
It's a depressing read. If it's true (and by the end of the book, you'll be so depressed that you'll be hoping at least some of it won't be), you're going to be so angry that you'll be left wondering what you can do next politically.
This book kind of explains how people (and doctors in particular) can be mislead. It explains how pharmaceutical companies, and those that work with/liaise with them (journals, and government authorities for example) stretch boundaries so that their medicines can look as good as possible to those who read the data.
It's a depressing read. If it's true (and by the end of the book, you'll be so depressed that you'll be hoping at least some of it won't be), you're going to be so angry that you'll be left wondering what you can do next politically.