Review of “Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare"

Authors

  • Jessica Danielle Taylor Memorial University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.48336/IJXOQX3940

Keywords:

Peter Gøtzsche, mental health, healthcare, social work, psychiatric drugs

Abstract

The following is a review of Peter Gøtzsche's Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How Big Pharma Has Corrupted Healthcare, which focuses on the corruption that exists in the pharmaceutical industries and in the healthcare system. The book recently received first prize in the 2014 British Medical Association (BMA) book awards in the Basis of Medicine category. This review reflects on and critically analyzes the contents and arguments of the book from the perspective of a future social worker.

 

Author Biography

Jessica Danielle Taylor, Memorial University

Fourth year Social Work student at Memorial University.

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Published

2015-01-29

Issue

Vol. 3 (2014): Intersectionalities

Section

Book Reviews

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