Chasing medical miracles
Subtitle: the promise and perils of clinical trials
By: Alex O'Meara
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: Walker & Co.
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780802716965
Other titles: Promise and perils of clinical trials
Description: "Chasing Medical Miracles" is the first book to give readers a behind-the-scenes look at the complicated world of clinical trials, revealing how a multibillion-dollar industry of private companies conducting them with little oversight has taken root and quietly become a major part of the American medical establishment.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [227]-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: Entering the risky world of clinical trials; title: The right and wrong of clinical trials; title: Money makes the trial go 'round; title: Legal trials; title: There's a subject born every minute; title: Going global; title: The perfect laboratory for clinical trials; title: The stories behind the subjects; title: Transplanted; title: Volunteering for a clinical trial.