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Synopsis
Burch’s controversial argument is that for most of human history medicine has been a catastrophe, and emphasizes how little and how much has changed, and how we need to make educated choices about the risks we swallow. Only then can the drugs of today and tomorrow save our lives.
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Druin Burch, 34, has worked in hospitals across south-east England. He teaches human evolution, physiology and ecology at Oxford and writes for medical journals, the Times Literary Supplement and the Guardian. This is his first book.
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"A fascinating history of the development of clinical trials and the thinking behind them." —Literary Review
"A valuable inoculation against complacency." —New Scientist
"Both an assault on the myths of the infallible doctor and a history of pharmacology . . . Burch makes a compelling case." —Sunday Telegraph
"Each chapter is a self-contained pleasure to read, like mini-fables on the perils of medicine." —Sunday Times
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- PublisherChatto & Windus
- Publication date2009
- ISBN 10 0701182784
- ISBN 13 9780701182786
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages336
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