Selling Sickness(1st Edition) How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan, AlanMoynihanCassels Hardcover, 352 Pages, Published 2005 by Nation Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-697-7, ISBN: 1-56025-697-4
"Thirty years ago, the head of the drug company Merck made some remarkably candid comments about his distress that his company's market was limited to sick people. Suggesting he would like Merck to be more like the maker of Wrigley's chewing gum, the CEO said it had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people, to "sell to everyone." That dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most profitable industry on earth. From awar ..."
Selling Sickness How Drug Companies are Turning us All into Patients by AlanMoynihanCassels, AlanMoynihan Ray Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2005 by Allen & Unwin ISBN-13: 978-1-74114-579-3, ISBN: 1-74114-579-1
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Selling Sickness(1st Edition) How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All Into Patients by Ray Moynihan, AlanCassels Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2006 by Nation Books ISBN-13: 978-1-56025-856-8, ISBN: 1-56025-856-X
"Thirty years ago, Henry Gadsden, the head of Merck, one of the world's largest drug companies, told Fortune magazine that he wanted Merck to be more like chewing gum maker Wrigley's. It had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people so that Merck could "sell to everyone." Gadsden's dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most profitable industry on earth. Drug companies are systematically working to widen the very boun ..."
Selling Sickness(1st Edition) by Ray Moynihan, AlanCassels Hardcover, 254 Pages, Published 2005 by Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55365-131-4, ISBN: 1-55365-131-6
"Thirty years ago, the head of the drug company Merck made some remarkably candid comments about his distress that his company's market was limited to sick people. Suggesting he would like Merck to be more like the maker of Wrigley's chewing gum, the CEO said it had long been his dream to make drugs for healthy people, to "sell to everyone. " That dream now drives the marketing machinery of the most profitable industry on earth. From awa ..."
Selling Sickness How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan, AlanCassels 272 Pages, Published 2008 by Greystone Books ISBN-13: 978-1-926706-68-9, ISBN: 1-926706-68-4
"This Canadian edition includes an introduction placing the issue in a Canadian context and describing why Canadians should be concerned about the problem."
Selling Sickness How Drug Companies Are Turning Us All into Patients by Ray Moynihan, AlanCassels 272 Pages, Published 2005 by Allen & Unwin ISBN-13: 978-1-74115-489-4, ISBN: 1-74115-489-8
"A well-balanced, accessible guide to taking control of your personal health.Despite lifesaving technologies and wonder drugs, much is wrong with modern medicine. From diagnosis and treatment to medical politics and economics, Ten Questions You Must Ask Your Doctor sounds the alarm, without being alarmist, about the pitfalls of the medical system.Health writers Moynihan and Sweet take a balanced approach to prescription drugs and natural ..."
Selling Sickness(2nd Edition) How the World's Biggest Pharmaceutical Companies are Turning Us all into Patients by Ray Moynihan, AlanCassels Paperback, 254 Pages, Published 2006 by Douglas & Mcintyre Ltd ISBN-13: 978-1-55365-217-5, ISBN: 1-55365-217-7
"In this hard-hitting indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, Ray Moynihan and Allan Cassels show how drug companies are systematically using their dominating influence in the world of medical science, drug companies are working to widen the very boundaries that define illness. Mild problems are redefined as serious illness, and common complaints are labeled as medical conditions requiring drug treatments. Runny noses are now allergic ..."