Chasing medical miracles : the promise and perils of clinical trials / Alex O'Meara.
By: O'Meara, Alex
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TextPublisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2009Edition: 1st U.S. ed.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index.Description: 263 p. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780802716965; 0802716962.Other title: Promise and perils of clinical trials.Subject(s): Clinical trials | Clinical trials -- Moral and ethical aspects | Clinical trials -- Law and legislation | Drugs -- Testing | Drugs -- Testing -- Moral and ethical aspects | Pharmaceutical industry -- Moral and ethical aspectsDDC classification: 615.50724 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 615.50724 Om2 2009 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003705639 |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index.
Entering the risky world of clinical trials -- The right and wrong of clinical trials -- Money makes the trial go 'round -- Legal trials -- There's a subject born every minute -- Going global -- The perfect laboratory for clinical trials -- The stories behind the subjects -- Transplanted -- Volunteering for a clinical trial -- Acknowledgements.
"Chasing Medical Miracles" is the first book to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated world of clinical trials, revealing how a multibillion-dollar industry of private companies conducting them with little oversight has taken root and quietly become a major part of the American medical establishment.
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