Pharmaphobia : How the Conflict of Interest Myth Undermines American Medical Innovation.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- I: Some Benefits and the Mechanics of Medical Innovation -- 1 The Stakes -- 2 A Practitioner's History of Medical Innovation -- II: Why We Have A Medical Innovation Crisis -- 3 Enter the Conflict-of-Interest Mania -- 4 The Mania Mongers -- III: Why They Are Wrong -- 5 Abusing Evidence -- 6 Bad Policy Process -- 7 Flawed and Damaging Policies -- 8 Misunderstanding Innovation -- 9 Economic Illiteracy -- 10 Misplaced Criticism of Incremental Innovation -- 11 Rushing to Judgment with False Product Safety Alarms -- 12 Demonizing Marketing Is False Advertising -- 13 The Gift Smoke Screen -- 14 The Lawyers' Ball -- IV: The Damage They Do, and How to Stop It -- 15 The Price We Pay -- 16 What Is to Be Done? -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

While plenty can be said about the dysfunction of our health care system, rarely do business and private players in health care innovation get a good rap. This book takes on skeptics of the partnership between the medical community, political groups, and private businesses, by illustrating how such cooperation can result in world-class innovation and health care delivery.

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