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A review by jimbowen0306
Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients by Ben Goldacre
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.