A review by jon_a
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre

5.0

An excellent book. Goldacre lays out a very ugly picture of current evidence-based medicine. Using academic research and specific examples, he describes missing trial data, ineffective regulation, misleading pharmaceutical advertising campaigns, and many other aspects of the field that hurt both doctors and patients. Reading this book can really get you up in arms.

But then Goldacre goes farther and offers up a series of suggestions to help correct this situation. Suggestions for every layer, from patients to regulators and even to the pharmaceutical corporations themselves. Bad Pharma was not written just to provoke outrage, but actually bring about some change.