01931cam a2200301 i 4500 549985985 TxAuBib 20220318120000.0 220202s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u bl2022006393 9781328957818 HRD 28.00 1328957810 HRD 28.00 TxAuBib rda Abramson, John. Sickening [BOOK] : how Big Pharma broke American health care and how we can repair it / John Abramson. Boston : Mariner Books, [2022] xxvii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-294) and index. The United States spends an excess $1.5 trillion annually on health care compared to other wealthy countries—yet the amount of time that Americans live in good health ranks a lowly 68th in the world. At the heart of the problem is Big Pharma, which funds most clinical trials and therefore controls the research agenda, withholds the real data from those trials as corporate secrets, and shapes most of the information relied upon by health care professionals. In this no-holds-barred exposé, Dr. John Abramson—one of the foremost experts on the drug industry’s deceptive tactics—combines patient stories with what he learned during many years of serving as an expert in national drug litigation to reveal the tangled web of financial interests at the heart of the dysfunction in our health-care system. Provided by publisher. 20220318. Pharmaceutical industry United States. Medical care United States. Public health United States. Pharmaceutical policy United States.