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008			080508s2008 nyu b 001 0 eng
010			_a2008002097
020			_a9780374228279
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082	0	0	_a338.4 PET
100	1		_aPetersen, Melody, 1964-
245	1	0	_aOur daily meds : _bhow the pharmaceutical companies transformed themselves into slick marketing machines and hooked the nation on prescription drugs _c/ Melody Petersen.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aNew York _b: Farrar, Straus and Giroux _c, 2008.
300			_a432 p. _c; 24 cm.
500			_a"Sarah Crichton books."
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aCreating disease -- Midwestern medicine show -- Chemical imbalance -- The early years -- An awakening : the age of the blockbuster -- Ghostwriters and secret studies -- "Neurontin for everything" -- Altered state -- Deadly doses.
520			_aThe author shows how corporate salesmanship has triumphed over science inside the biggest pharmaceutical companies and, in turn, how this promotion driven industry has taken over the practice of medicine and is changing American life.
650			_aDrugs _z-United States _x-Marketing
650	1	2	_aDrug industry _x--Economics _z--United States
650			_aDrug industry _x-Ethics
650	2	2	_aBiomedical research _x--Economics _z--United States
650	2	2	_aMarketing _x--Ethics _z--United States
650	2	2	_aPhysician's practice patterns _x--Ethics _z--United States
650	2	2	_aPrescription, drugs _x--Economics _z--United States
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