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Bad science 2008, a critique of irrationality and certain forms of alternative medicine. It was published in the uk in september 2012 by the fourth. I read goldacres book bad science very recently, and i enjoyed it so much that i decided to not go for my usual buffer period between very similar books and just jump right into bad pharma. Bad pharma isnt anti science rather the opposite ben goldacre is a doctor and science journalist, and advocates for sticking to the scientific method, full disclosure and advocating for the interest of the patients not the drug companies. Bad science reached number one in the nonfiction charts, sold over 400,000 copies in the uk alone, and has been translated into 25 languages. This book is just astounding in explaining the old mark twain quote it aint what. When dr ben goldacre saw someone on daytime tv dipping her feet in an aqua detox footbath, releasing her toxins into the water, turning it brown, he thought hed try the same at home. Bad pharma isnt anti science rather the opposite ben goldacre is a doctor. This book is a must for every journalist as well as a doctor who rely on pharma.
Aug 29, 20 ben goldacre is britains finest writer on the science behind medicine, and bad pharma is the book that finally prompted parliament to ask why all trial results arent made publicly available this edition has been updated with the latest news from the select committee hearings. As of 2012 he is a wellcome research fellow in epidemiology at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. Ben goldacre is now on a north american tour promoting his book, bad pharma, his expose of the pharmaceutical industry. It will be accessible to anyone interested in health and its politics.
Ben goldacre is britains finest writer on the science behind medicine, and bad pharma is the book that finally prompted parliament to ask why all trial results arent made publicly available this edition has been updated with the latest news from the select committee hearings. Quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks is finally in print in the usa, and. Understanding what counts as evidence should therefore trump memorizing the structural formulas for alkanes. Goldacre s previous book bad science is an easier read, since exposing charlatans can, at times, be played for laughs. Quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks is finally in print in the usa, and americans are lucky to have it. The reason we do science in the first place is so that our own atomized experiences and prejudices dont mislead us, as ben goldacre of the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine puts it in his new book, bad science. Quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks by ben goldacre. It tackles the problems pharmaceutical companies pose to medical care and evidence based medicine. Ben goldacre is britains finest writer on the science behind medicine, and bad pharma is a clear and witty attack, showing exactly how the science has been distorted, how our systems have been broken, and how easy it would be to fix them. Dr ben goldacre epidemiologist, columnist and author of the books bad pharma and bad science believes that greater transparency around the data used in research and better communication of.
How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients is a book by the british physician and academic ben goldacre about the pharmaceutical industry, its relationship with the medical profession, and the extent to which it controls academic research into its own products. How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients. Understanding what counts as evidence should therefore trump memorizing the. Sep 25, 2012 i feel like ben goldacre has simply stumbled across a more specific problem in a larger mess our world faces today. Bad pharma 2012, an examination of the pharmaceutical industry, its publishing and marketing practices.
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Ben goldacre is a british physician he used to be a psychiatrist at an nhs hospital and a researcher, but is now an academic specializing in epidemiology and nerd cheerleader who writes an excellent skeptical blog and regular column in the guardian called bad science. Ben goldacre is a british science writer and psychiatrist, born in 1974. It skillfully and convincingly identifies many specific problems. Bad science should be kicking up the dust on every high school science curriculum in. Ben goldacre has made a point of exposing quack doctors and nutritionists, bogus. I read goldacre s book bad science very recently, and i enjoyed it so much that i decided to not go for my usual buffer period between very similar books and just jump right into bad pharma. Ben goldacre follows up his introductory book bad science with a moredetailed critique of big pharma. People would rather seek a cure in the form of a pill than in a series of minor, persistent.