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Huber, Peter W. (Peter William), 1952-
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Medicine -- Research -- United States.
Medical laws and legislation -- United States.
Drugs -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Pharmaceutical industry -- United States.
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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.
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The cure in the code : how 20th century law is undermining 21st century medicine / Peter W. Huber.
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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.
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