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Selling Sickness: How The World'S Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients
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Thirty Years Ago, The Head Of The Drug Company Merck Made Some Remarkably Candid Comments About His Distress That His Company'S Market Was Limited To Sick People. Suggesting He Would Like Merck To Be More Like The Maker Of Wrigley'S Chewing Gum, The Ceo Said It Had Long Been His Dream To Make Drugs For Healthy People, To Sell To Everyone. That Dream Now Drives The Marketing Machinery Of The Most Profitable Industry On Earth. From Awardwinning Ray Moynihan,One Of The World'S Top Medical Journalistsselling Sickness Reveals How Widening The Boundaries Of Illness And Lowering The Threshold For Treatments Is Creating Millions Of New Patients And Billions In New Profits. This In Turn Is Driving Up Personal Drug Bills And Threatening To Bankrupt National Health Systems All Over The World. As More And More Ordinary Life Is Medicalized, The Industry Moves Ever Closer To Being Able To Sell To Everyone.
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Q: What is the main topic of 'Selling Sickness'? A: 'Selling Sickness' discusses how pharmaceutical companies expand the definitions of illness to create new patients and increase profits, often medicalizing ordinary life.
- Q: Who is the author of this book? A: The author of 'Selling Sickness' is Ray Moynihan, an award-winning medical journalist.
- Q: What type of binding does this book have? A: 'Selling Sickness' is available in hardcover binding.
- Q: How many pages are in 'Selling Sickness'? A: 'Selling Sickness' contains 352 pages.
- Q: When was 'Selling Sickness' published? A: 'Selling Sickness' was published on June 24, 2005.
- Q: What condition is the book in? A: 'Selling Sickness' is classified as a 'New' condition book.
- Q: What are the key features of 'Selling Sickness'? A: The key feature of 'Selling Sickness' is that it is a used book in good condition.
- Q: Is this book suitable for someone interested in pharmaceutical industry practices? A: Yes, 'Selling Sickness' is suitable for readers interested in the practices of the pharmaceutical industry and its impact on health.
- Q: What edition of the book is available? A: 'Selling Sickness' is available in its first edition.
- Q: Can I find insights on how pharmaceutical marketing affects health systems? A: Yes, 'Selling Sickness' provides insights into how marketing strategies by pharmaceutical companies influence personal drug costs and national health systems.