Bad pharma: how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients
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New York : Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
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First American edition.
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xvii, 426 pages ; 22 cm
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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.
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Goldacre, B. (2013). Bad pharma: how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients. First American edition. New York, Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Goldacre, Ben. 2013. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients. New York, Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

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Goldacre, Ben, Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients. New York, Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

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Goldacre, Ben. Bad Pharma: How Drug Companies Mislead Doctors and Harm Patients. First American edition. New York, Faber and Faber, Inc., an affiliate of Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.

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