Powerful Medicines

“Passionate and well-informedÉ[Avorn] goes beyond articulating the problems and makes mane creative suggestions about how we can do better.” –Annals of Internal Medicine“In Powerful Medicines, Dr. Avorn brilliantly demonstrates the corrosive effects of commercial influence over medical research, education, and clinical care. This impressive book demonstrates the adverse effects such privatization can have on the health care system and ultimately on patients.”–Bernard Lown, M.D., Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize Professor Emeritus, Harvard School of Public Health“Marked by solid scholarship, measured criticism, and pithy comments: an informative and highly readable study that makes a significant contribution to the ongoing discussion of an important health care issue.” –Kirkus Reviews“This is an authoritative, stunningly comprehensive, and beautifully written work about a subject that ought to interest every American. At last: a smart Harvard doctor who knows drugs, understands FDA and regulatory policy, and has a sense of humor. Unbelievable!”–Donald Kennedy, Ph.D., Editor-in-chief, Science;President emeritus, Stanford University; Former Commissioner of the FDA“Deepens a reader’s understanding of the complex cost-benefit analysis involved with prescription drugs.” –New York Post“Powerful Medicines is a must read for anyone interested in the use, abuse, and economics of prescription drugs. The issues it addresses are central to the ongoing debate about how to reduce the cost and improve the quality of health care in America.” –Senator Edward M. Kennedy”Informative and wittyÉ. Makes a compelling case for prescription sanity and shows how constructive change can realistically be achieved.“–Publishers Weekly “A book that is at once engrossing and definitive.”–Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Education and Cognition Harvard Graduate School of Education

Jerry Avorn, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. An internist, geriatrician, and drug researcher, he is the author of more than two hundred papers in the medical literature on medication use and its outcomes, and one of the most frequently cited researchers in the fields of social science and medicine.

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