Books about how pharmacies,hospitals,doctors are money-business

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Books about how pharmacies,hospitals,doctors are money-business

1Taga26
Ott 1, 2022, 9:12 am

I can't find references about these stuff because it is left field thinking I know there's writings, authors, critics, who have something to talk, it's eye-opener-awareness- type book, I'll go to technical side of it, not conspiracies. Healthcare problems, reforms etc. I'm a fan of Thomas Szasz, but it focused only on Mental Illness, but that writer type of. These books are in the deep ground, for sure, it's a part of political-triangle system. Is there a doctor itself who against these? It's better who had experience on this circle, and then he retires because of it.. Or, the work is main about against these. Or, activist that since day one, who fights free healthcare, who have theory, logical-economy analysis. Or, philosopher, rabbit holing these secrets. Or, anyone, groups, that had mysteries of them. Whether the books are old or new, it's fine. Challenge me! give some the hardest book of these. I'm touched with Foucault, Illich, Anarchists, and more minds that goal is to counter any type of professions. If McLuhan is on Technology, Who? for these?

22wonderY
Modificato: Ott 1, 2022, 12:07 pm

The only one I’m aware of personally is Steven Brill’s America’s Bitter Pill.

The work page suggests other similar books on the subject.

4davidgn
Modificato: Ott 1, 2022, 1:21 pm

On my wishlist for a while has been:
Bad pharma : how drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients by Ben Goldacre

From the recommendations for that book, Pharmageddon by David Healy looks promising as well. Also Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime by Peter Gøtzsche , a Cochrane Review-affiliated researcher.

For something with a more general focus than Big Pharma, An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal looks promising.

5vwinsloe
Modificato: Ott 1, 2022, 4:41 pm

6nessreader
Ott 1, 2022, 5:13 pm

Bad Blood by Carreyrou a journalistic expose about a medical scandal perhaps?

7Taga26
Ott 1, 2022, 10:19 pm

Thank you all, I hope there's more to add..

8Cecrow
Modificato: Ott 3, 2022, 10:49 am

It's about thirty years out of date, but (for another perspective from another country with a different system), I recall The Trouble with Canada argued that full public health care inevitably becomes impossible to fully fund. Or something like that. Cited a lot of professional sources, I think.

Presently in Canada, largely stemming from an overworked and underappreciated frontline workforce during the pandemic that is still not being well supported (but also due to the demographic shift that we foresaw), we are seeing more instances of long waits and inadequate emergency services across the country. That shouldn't necessarily be tied to Gairdner's theories but it's worth noting.

9aedoue
Nov 11, 2023, 5:01 am