The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine Exposing the crisis of credibility in clinical research.

An expose of the corruption of medicine by the pharmaceutical industry at every level, from exploiting the vulnerable destitute for drug testing, through manipulation of research data, to disease mongering and promoting drugs that do more harm than good. This is a brilliant expose of the negative in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jureidini, Jon
Otros Autores: McHenry, Leemon B.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Adelaide : Wakefield Press, 2020.
Temas:
Evidence-based medicine.
Clinical medicine.
Pharmaceutical industry.
Clinical Medicine
Drug Industry
Médecine factuelle.
Médecine clinique.
Industrie pharmaceutique.
Clinical medicine
Evidence-based medicine
Pharmaceutical industry
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • About the authors
  • Title page
  • Imprint
  • Dedication
  • Contents page 1
  • Contents page 2
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1
  • The Crisis of Credibility in Clinical Research
  • Case Studies in Industry Malfeasance
  • The Privatization of Knowledge and Conflicts of Interest
  • Chapter 2
  • The Corruption of Clinical Research: Study 329 and Study CIT-MD-18
  • Misreporting of Industry-Corrupted Psychiatric Trials
  • Ghostwriting of the Manuscripts
  • The Marketing Strategy
  • Concerns in the Public Domain
  • Role of the Journals
  • Successful Efforts to Block Publication of Critical Evaluations
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 3
  • A Rigorous Conception of Science in Medicine
  • Popper's Critical Rationalism
  • Industry Science
  • Limitations of Popper's Approach
  • The Science of Clinical Trials
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 4
  • Communication of Scientific Findings
  • Medical Communications and Public Relations
  • Publication Planning
  • Ghost and Honorary Authors
  • The Harms of Ghostwriting to Academe and Patients
  • Industry Response: Poisoning the Well
  • Continuing Medical Education and Medical Conferences
  • Clinical Practice Guidelines
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 5
  • Academics and the Corporate University
  • Commercialization of the Academy
  • Key Opinion Leaders as Product Champions
  • Academic Medical Centers' Policies
  • Academic Freedom in Medicine
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 6
  • Distorted Research Priorities
  • Ignoring Essential Medicines
  • Exploiting Psychiatry's Dubious Nosology for Disease Mongering
  • Mental Health Screening and its Contribution to Disease Mongering
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 7
  • Regulators and Governance
  • Failures of Regulation
  • Drug Companies as Clients of Regulators
  • Betrayal of Research Participants
  • Conclusion
  • Chapter 8
  • Solutions
  • Minimally Effective Responses
  • A Radical Proposal
  • Popper versus Social Constructivism
  • Conclusion
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A
  • Appendix B
  • Appendix C
  • Appendix D
  • Appendix E
  • Appendix F
  • Appendix G
  • Appendix H
  • Appendix I
  • Appendix J
  • Appendix K
  • Appendix L
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Acknowledgements
  • Index
  • Wakefield Press
  • Back cover

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