On The Take

Author : Jerome P. Kassirer M.D.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780198039297
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Take written by Jerome P. Kassirer M.D. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-10-18 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We all know that doctors accept gifts from drug companies, ranging from pens and coffee mugs to free vacations at luxurious resorts. But as the former Editor-in-Chief of The New England Journal of Medicine reveals in this shocking expose, these innocuous-seeming gifts are just the tip of an iceberg that is distorting the practice of medicine and jeopardizing the health of millions of Americans today. In On the Take, Dr. Jerome Kassirer offers an unsettling look at the pervasive payoffs that physicians take from big drug companies and other medical suppliers, arguing that the billion-dollar onslaught of industry money has deflected many physicians' moral compasses and directly impacted the everyday care we receive from the doctors and institutions we trust most. Underscored by countless chilling untold stories, the book illuminates the financial connections between the wealthy companies that make drugs and the doctors who prescribe them. Kassirer details the shocking extent of these financial enticements and explains how they encourage bias, promote dangerously misleading medical information, raise the cost of medical care, and breed distrust. Among the questionable practices he describes are: the disturbing number of senior academic physicians who have financial arrangements with drug companies; the unregulated "front" organizations that advocate certain drugs; the creation of biased medical education materials by the drug companies themselves; and the use of financially conflicted physicians to write clinical practice guidelines or to testify before the FDA in support of a particular drug. A brilliant diagnosis of an epidemic of greed, On the Take offers insight into how we can cure the medical profession and restore our trust in doctors and hospitals.

Author : Stevie Cameron
Publisher : MacFarlane Walter & Ross
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 552 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Take written by Stevie Cameron and published by MacFarlane Walter & Ross. This book was released on 1994 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Wendell Potter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632861100
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation on the Take written by Wendell Potter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2016-03-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how their time is spent. The marriage of great wealth and intense political influence has rendered our country unable to address our most pressing problems, from runaway government spending to climate change to the wealth gap. It also defines our daily lives: from the cars we drive to the air we breathe to the debt we owe. In this powerful work of reportage, Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman, two vigilant watchdogs, expose legalized corruption and link it to the kitchen-table issues citizens face every day. Inciting our outrage, the authors then inspire us by introducing us to an army of reformers laying the groundwork for change, ready to be called into action. The battle plan for reform presented is practical, realistic, and concrete. No one--except some lobbyists and major political donors--likes business as usual, and this book aims to help forge a new army of reformers who are compelled by a patriotic duty to fight for a better democracy. An impassioned, infuriating, yet ultimately hopeful call to arms, Nation on the Take lays bare the reach of moneyed interests and charts a way forward, toward the recovery of America's original promise.

Author : William J. Chambliss
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780253342447
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Take written by William J. Chambliss and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ..". this book makes a significant contribution to what we know about illicit enterprise and corruption." -- Social Forces ..". reads with the ease of an action-filled, best-selling novel... worthy and refreshing... " -- Journal of Criminal Justice

Author : Arthur Levitt
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0375422358
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Take on the Street written by Arthur Levitt and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2002-10-08 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Take on the Street, Arthur Levitt--Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission for eight years under President Clinton--provides the best kind of insider information: the kind that can help honest, small investors protect themselves from the deliberately confusing ways of Wall Street. At a time when investor confidence in Wall Street and corporate America is at an historic low, when many are seriously questioning whether or not they should continue to invest, Levitt offers the benefits of his own experience, both on Wall Street and as its chief regulator. His straight talk about the ways of stockbrokers (they are salesmen, plain and simple), corporate financial statements (the truth is often hidden), mutual fund managers (remember who they really work for), and other aspects of the business will help to arm everyone with the tools they need to protect—and enhance—their financial future.

Author : Wendell Potter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1632861119
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nation on the Take written by Wendell Potter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2017-02-07 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A rallying cry to bring government back under the control of the people . . . Their argument is impassioned and accessible." --Library Journal American democracy has become coin operated. Special interest groups increasingly control every level of government. The necessity of raising huge sums of campaign cash has completely changed the character of politics and policy making, determining what elected representatives stand for and how their time is spent. The marriage of great wealth and intense political influence has rendered our country unable to address our most pressing problems, from runaway government spending to climate change to the wealth gap. It also defines our daily lives: from the cars we drive to the air we breathe to the debt we owe. In this powerful work of reportage, Wendell Potter and Nick Penniman, two vigilant watchdogs, expose legalized corruption and link it to the kitchen-table issues citizens face every day. Inciting our outrage, the authors then inspire us by introducing us to an army of reformers laying the groundwork for change, ready to be called into action. The battle plan for reform presented is practical, realistic, and concrete. No one--except some lobbyists and major political donors--likes business as usual, and this book aims to help forge a new army of reformers who are compelled by a patriotic duty to fight for a better democracy. An impassioned, infuriating, yet ultimately hopeful call to arms, Nation on the Take lays bare the reach of moneyed interests and charts a way forward, toward the recovery of America's original promise.

Author : Louis Breguet
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Take-off of Heavily Loaded Airplanes written by Louis Breguet and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report examines the take-off conditions of airplanes equipped with tractive propellers, and particularly the more difficult take-off of airplanes heavily loaded per unit of wing area (wing loading) or per unit of engine power (power loading).

Author : Elmer A. Horton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysis of the Effects of Boundary-layer Control on the Take-off Performance Characteristics of a Liaison-type Airplane written by Elmer A. Horton and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A performance analysis is given to determine whether bondary-layer control by suction might reduce the minimum take-off distance of a four- or five-place airplane. Results indicate that boudary-layer control might be effective in improving the take-off characteristics of this type airplane having wing loading of 10 or more pounds per square foot and aspect ratios of 10 or more.

Author : Elmo J. Mottard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 22 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Brief Investigation of the Effect of Waves on the Take-off Resistance of a Seaplane written by Elmo J. Mottard and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Seth B. Anderson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 18 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Effect of a 90° Cross Wind on the Take-off Distance of a Light Airplane Equipped with a Cross-wind Landing Gear written by Seth B. Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flight tests were conducted with a light airplane equipped with a cross-wind landing gear to compare the ground distance required for take-off in calm air and with a 90 degree cross wind. These tests show that approximately 24 percent less ground run was required to attain take-off speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour in a 16-mile-per-hour 90 degrees cross wind than in calm air.