Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future.
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (959 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385528922 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-12-23 |
| Language | : | English |
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Washington is the author of Medical Apartheid, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, the 2007 PEN Oakland Award, and the 2007 American Library Association Black Caucus Nonfiction Award. She has been a fellow in medical ethics at the Harvard Medical School, a senior research scholar at the Nationa
You'll need a dictionary too Although this book was informative, Washington used elevated language appropriate for her peers, not the audience who needs to hear about it. The book felt drawn out and repetitive after a while.. "You Don't Say." according to Big Sistah Patty. I highly recommend this book be read by all functionally literate humans. I underlined and made so many notes in my copy of the book, it could not possibly be re-sold to anyone.A lot of what I read was "you don't say." However, when I read about presumed consent and how in most states it is legal to harvest your body and or organs without consent, ha. Cathleen Hough Taylen said Wow!. If you ever wondered why the healthcare industry is such a mess, read this book. Ms. Washington explains the details of the corporate nightmare that is healthcare today in America, congress' complicity (and how they cash in because of it) and why our courts allow big Pharma to patent life-saving medications, created for the most part with our tax dol
Deadly Monopolies is a powerful, disturbing, and deeply researched book that illuminates this “life patent” gold rush and its harmful, and even lethal, consequences for public health. It examines the shaky legal, ethical, and social bases for Big Pharma’s argument that such patents are necessary to protect their investments in new drugs and treatments, arguing that they instead stifle the research, competition, and innovation that can drive down costs and save lives. In opposing the commodification of the body, Harriet Washington provides a crucial human dimension to an often all-too-abstract debate. From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an exposé of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life—including yours. If you undergo surgery in many hospitals you mu
Thousands of people die from preventable causes simply because it's not profitable to save them. She makes the case for a broader political consciousness of science and technology.This is precisely the conversation an important book starts in order to challenge readers to see the world differently so that they connect the disparate dots. This book is a meticulously documented exposé of what’s gone wrong with our medical innovation system, and a roadmap for change.”—Merrill Goozner, author of The $800 Million Pill: The Truth Behind The Cost of Ne