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White Coat, Black Hat : Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine by Carl Elliott is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

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Over the last twenty-five years, medicine and consumerism have been on an unchecked collision course, but, until now, the fallout from their impact has yet to be fully uncovered. A writer for The New Yorker and The Atlantic Monthly, Carl Elliott ventures into the uncharted dark side of medicine, shining a light on the series of social and legislative changes that have sacrificed old-style doctoring to the values of consumer capitalism. Along the way, he introduces us to the often shifty characters who work the production line in Big Pharma: from the professional guinea pigs who test-pilot new drugs and the ghostwriters who pen “scientific” articles for drug manufacturers to the PR specialists who manufacture “news” bulletins. We meet the drug reps who will do practically anything to make quota in an ever-expanding arms race of pharmaceutical gift-giving; the “thought leaders” who travel the world to enlighten the medical community about the wonders of the latest release; even, finally, the ethicists who oversee all that commercialized medicine has to offer from their pharma-funded perches. Taking the pulse of the medical community today, Elliott discovers the culture of deception t

Who reads White Coat, Black Hat : Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine?

Author

Carl Elliott

Publisher

Boston: Beacon Press

Published

2010

Language

EN

ISBN

9780807061428

Category

science

Subjects

Medical, Health & Fitness, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (337 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14