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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Choice Review     Publisher Weekly Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-     Subjects     Medicine -- Research -- United States.     Medical laws and legislation -- United States.     Drugs -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-       by title:      The cure in the code...       by call number:      338.47615 H877c     Search the Web     Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-     Medicine -- Research -- United States.     Medical laws and legislation -- United States.     Drugs -- Law and legislation -- United States.     Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.       MARC Display

The cure in the code : how 20th century law is undermining 21st century medicine / Peter W. Huber. by Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952- Basic Books, c2013. Call #: 338.47615 H877c Subjects Medicine -- Research -- United States.   Medical laws and legislation -- United States.   Drugs -- Law and legislation -- United States.   Pharmaceutical industry -- United States. ISBN:  9780465050680 (hc.) 0465050689 (hc.) Description:  xxi, 277 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. Notes:  "City". A City Journal Book. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-265) and index. Contents:  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. Summary:  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. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfiction 338.47615 H877c Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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