The Drugs Don't Work
A Global Threat
$21.78
- Paperback
112 pages
- Release Date
29 July 2015
Summary
An Inconvenient Truth for health - the shocking crisis in antibiotics
This is a story that affects us all- our friends, our family and our children. Antibiotics add, on average, 20 years to everyone’s lives. Since the manufacture of penicillin in 1943, for over 70 years we have survived extraordinary operations and life-threatening infections. We are so familiar with these wonder drugs that we take them for granted. The truth is that we have been abusing them- as patients; as doctors;…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241969199 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0241969190 |
| Author: | Mike Catchpole, Professor Dame Sally Davies, Dr Jonathan Grant |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 112 |
| Release Date: | 29 July 2015 |
| Weight: | 67g |
| Dimensions: | 181mm x 111mm x 6mm |
| Series: | Penguin Specials |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
A horror story … A startling and disturbing read
A horror story … A startling and disturbing read * Scotsman *Gets across a single point with devastating effect … A highly important message that, for a start, every MP and GP should be reading – Popularscience.co.ukIf we fail to act, we are looking at an almost unthinkable scenario where antibiotics no longer work and we are cast back into the dark ages of medicine where treatable infections and injuries will kill once again * David Cameron, Prime Minister *
About The Author
Mike Catchpole
Professor Dame Sally Davies is the Chief Medical Officer for England. She is a haematologist with specialist research interest in sickle cell disease. In her advisory post she guides government decisions on diverse subjects such as superbugs, drug trials and obesity. She developed the National Institute for Health Research in 2006 with a budget of e1 billion. She is an Emeritus Professor at Imperial College.
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