Chasing medical miracles

the promise and perils of clinical trials

Describes the benefits of clinical trials in health care, examines the problems associated with the execution and reporting of results, and discusses the 1998 FDA approval of Vioxx--a painkiller that caused eighty-eight thousand heart attacks in Americans--and other related incidents.

Walker
2010
9780802719904
book

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