"Weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible"--Amazon.
Explores the issues surrounding birth defects by placing opinions from a wide range of sources in a pro/con format. Features articles that express various perspectives on this topic.
how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients
Goldacre, Ben
Argues that doctors are deliberately misinformed by profit-seeking pharmaceutical companies who withhold information about drug efficacy and side effects, explaining pharmaceutical data manipulation and its consequences.
Atul Gawande discusses the complexity of daily living in the early twenty-first century, and advocates the benefits of using checklists to prevent avoidable failures.
Discusses how food is produced and its effect on humans' health, examining food-borne diseases, natural foods, the role of organic farming, and other related topics.
Atul Gawande discusses the complexity of daily living in the early twenty-first century, and advocates the benefits of using checklists to prevent avoidable failures.
