The cure in the code : how 20th century law is undermining 21st century medicine / Peter W. Huber.
By: Huber, Peter W. (Peter William)
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TextPublisher: New York : Basic Books, [2013]Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.Description: xxi, 277 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780465050680 (hbk.); 0465050689 (hbk.).Subject(s): Medicine -- Research -- United States | Medical laws and legislation -- United States | Drugs -- Law and legislation -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.4/76153 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 338.476153 H862 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003488103 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index.
The triumph -- and limits -- of socialized medicine -- Sniffers -- Intelligent design -- Coming apart -- Reassembling the pieces (part 1) -- The social contract -- A virus like us -- Drug science from the bottom up -- The fading myth of the FDA's "gold standard" -- Adaptive trials -- Reassembling the pieces (part 2) -- Anthraxing Wall Street -- Dollar doctor science -- The rising cost of helpless care -- The falling cost of health care -- Reassembling the pieces (part 3) -- Dying alone -- The right to sniff -- The end of socialized medicine -- The culture of life.
Reveals the potential of molecular medicine while calling for an update of the regulatory system threatening it, citing diseases that may be cured while explaining how drug-approval protocols are ill-equipped to meet current needs.
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