Hooked: How Medicine's Dependence on the Pharmaceutical Industry Undermines Professional Ethics

by Howard Brody

For decades, medical professionals have betrayed the public's trust by accepting various benefits from the pharmaceutical industry. Both drug company representatives and doctors employ artful spin to portray this behavior positively to the public, and to themselves. In Hooked, Howard Brody argues that we can neither understand the problem, nor propose helpful solutions until we identify the many levels of activity connecting these purportedly noble industries. We can pass laws and enact regulations, but ultimately the medical profession must take responsibility for its own integrity. Hooked is a wake-up call for anyone expecting high quality, ethical medical care.

382 pages, Hardcover

First published January 25, 2007

Reviews

[April Rose · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some of the sources for this book were iffy. Most of the material I wanted to use in my research paper was not from an academic source.