Blech Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills
1. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-415-39069-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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160 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
Pharmaceutical Companies and the Medicalisation of Normal Life
1. Auflage 2006,
160 Seiten, Gebunden, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 340 g
ISBN: 978-0-415-39069-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
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how the invention of diseases by pharmaceutical companies is turning us all into patients, and how we can protect ourselves against this
how the medical profession has been bullied and co-opted into endorsing profitable cures for people who aren't ill
fears about how pharmaceutical companies create markets by playing on the general public's concern with their health.
A self-help book in the truest sense, Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills reassures us about our own health. It is essential reading for doctors, nurses and patients alike.
Blech, Joerg (Der Spiegel, Boston, USA)
Jorg Blech studied biology and biochemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany and the University of Sussex, UK. He was then trained as a journalist and was awarded internships in Paris, Washington DC and Bangkok. He is the science correspondent for the magazine Der Spiegel and lives with his family inArlington, Massachusetts.
Preface 1. Limitless Healing 2. Myths of Medicine 3. A Disease called Diagnosis 4. The Risk Factor Merry-go-Round 5. Insanity as the Norm 6. Psycho Pill with Break-Time Snack 7. The Femininity Syndrome 8. Old Men, New Afflictions 9. Whenever You Want It 10. Destiny in our Genes 11. Healthy Beyond Belief. Twelve Questions to Diagnose.Invented Diseases and Dubious Treatments. Notes. Internet Addresses. Acknowledgments
how the invention of diseases by pharmaceutical companies is turning us all into patients, and how we can protect ourselves against this
how the medical profession has been bullied and co-opted into endorsing profitable cures for people who aren't ill
fears about how pharmaceutical companies create markets by playing on the general public's concern with their health.
A self-help book in the truest sense, Inventing Disease and Pushing Pills reassures us about our own health. It is essential reading for doctors, nurses and patients alike.
Blech, Joerg (Der Spiegel, Boston, USA)
Jorg Blech studied biology and biochemistry at the University of Cologne, Germany and the University of Sussex, UK. He was then trained as a journalist and was awarded internships in Paris, Washington DC and Bangkok. He is the science correspondent for the magazine Der Spiegel and lives with his family inArlington, Massachusetts.
Preface 1. Limitless Healing 2. Myths of Medicine 3. A Disease called Diagnosis 4. The Risk Factor Merry-go-Round 5. Insanity as the Norm 6. Psycho Pill with Break-Time Snack 7. The Femininity Syndrome 8. Old Men, New Afflictions 9. Whenever You Want It 10. Destiny in our Genes 11. Healthy Beyond Belief. Twelve Questions to Diagnose.Invented Diseases and Dubious Treatments. Notes. Internet Addresses. Acknowledgments
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