Death by Medicine [With DVD]

By Gary Null, Dorothy Smith, Debora Rasio, et al.

Book Overview

The medical environment has become a labyrinth of interlocking corporate, hospital, and governmental boards of directors, infiltrated by the drug companies. Drug company representatives write glowing articles about pharmaceuticals, which are then signed by physicians paid handsomely for their cooperation, though they may not know the adverse side effects of the drugs they promote. The most toxic substances are often approved first, while milder and more natural alternatives are ignored for financial reasons. It's death by medicine.

• Format: Misc.
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1607660067
• ISBN13: 9781607660064
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Axios Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 8.9" x 5.9"

Customer Reviews

A well argued read for the health care debate

The fear of malpractice drives fear in public health care. "Death by Medicine" analyzes the flaws in modern health care, stating that all too often when people are sick and in need, they suffer from medical mistakes in prescriptions, unnecessary procedures, or worse. Gary Null and his collaborators warn that we cannot make health care more widely available until it is tested further, and gives an over half million annual death toll of malpractice as his argument. "Death by Medicine" is a well argued read for the health care debate that offers a more to the point health care reform idea.