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Ray moynihan, iona heath, and david henry give examples of disease mongering. Ray moynihan is an internationally known medical journalist based in australia and alan cassels is a canadian researcher and writer who works on drug. Selling sickness by ray moynihan overdrive rakuten. The authors use common conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure and osteoporosis to describe the techniques used by pharmaceutical companies to.

Ray moynihan, iona heath, and david henry give examples of disease mongering and suggest how to prevent the growth of this practice. The book goes on to tell us about how the marketing strategies of the worlds biggest drug companies now aggressively target the healthy and the well. How drug companies are turning us all into patients by ray moynihan. Jun 23, 2006 selling sickness by ray moynihan, 9781560258568, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Ray moynihan is an australian researcher, health journalist, documentarymaker and author. Selling sickness, by ray moynihan and alan cassels, is a meticulous study of the methods used by big drug companies to market diseases and sell them to healthy people. The pharmaceutical industry and disease mongering article pdf available in bmj online 3247342. From awardwinning ray moynihan,one of the worlds top medical journalistsselling sickness reveals how widening the boundaries of illness and lowering the threshold for treatments is creating millions of new patients and billions in new profits.

How the worlds pharmaceutical companies are turning is all into patients, cassels and coauthor ray moynihan critiqued how drugs companies are behind the push to define new illnesses for which theymiraculouslyhave just the right pill. Both explore the ways that societys reliance on prescription drugs is sustained and broadened by pharmaceutical companies seeking to increase profits. The ceo of merck was distressed that his companys products were limited to sick people. How the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients kindle edition by moynihan, ray, cassels, alan. Alan cassels thirty years ago, henry gadsden, the head of merck, one of the worlds largest drug companies, told fortune magazine that he wanted merck to be more like chewing gum maker wrigleys. How the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients, published by nation books. How the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients. Selling sickness reveals how expanding the boundaries of illness and lowering the threshold for treatments is creating millions of new patients and billions in new profits, in turn threatening to bankrupt national healthcare systems all over the world. A classic example of this was the need to create recognition in. Sep 22, 2005 selling sickness is a spirited journalistic exposure of the methods used by the pharmaceutical industry to expand the market for its products. These include the redefinition of risk factorssuch as raised cholesterol and blood pressure, or reduced bone mineral densityas diseases afflicting substantial sections of society and requiring treatment with medication. The winner of awards for his investigative journalism, rays 2005 book selling sickness was described in the new york times as a compelling case and has been translated into a dozen languages. Thirty years ago, henry gadsden, the head of merck, one of the worlds largest drug companies, told fortune magazine that he wanted merck to be more like chewing. Pharmaceutical companies sponsor diseases and promote them to prescribers and consumers.

However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. This canadian edition includes an introduction placing the issue in a canadian context and. Selling sickness reveals how widening the boundaries of illness and lowering the threshold for treatments is creating millions of new patients and billions in new profits, in turn threatening to bankrupt healthcare systems all over the world. This the fundamental argument of selling sickness, a book about big drug companies by ray moynihan and alan cassels. The book selling sickness written by ray moynihan and alan cassels is a nonfiction book aimed at a general audience pitched at about the level of joseph shapiros no pity. Selling sickness 9781560258568 by moynihan, ray and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading selling sickness. Nov 23, 2006 read more in the book selling sickness by ray moynihan. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.

Cowritten by ray moynihan author of the book selling sickness, 2005, an internationally respected health journalist and current guest editor at the british medical journal, the documentary reveals aspects of the drug trade not mentioned in commercials or magazines, including the deceptive use of clinical trials sponsored by the. Selling sickness linktv 08 12 2007 18 30 01 youtube. How the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients is a 2005 book by ray moynihan and alan cassels about unnecessary health care. In his book, selling sickness, medical journalist ray moynihan reveals comments made by the head of merck pharmaceuticals thirty years ago. Alan cassels is a drug policy researcher at the university of victoria, in british columbia, and is the coauthor with ray moynihan of the international bestseller selling sickness. Buying into sickness published by user, 12 years ago ray moynihan is a legend, and more importantly he appears to have some integrity and intelligence.

Ray moynihan, iona heath, and david henry give examples of disease mongering and suggest how to prevent the growth of this practice there. Cowritten by ray moynihan author of the book selling sickness, 2005, an internationally respected health journalist and current guest editor. As more and more of ordinary life becomes medicalized, the industry moves ever closer to gadsdens dream. Robyn williams three decades ago, the head of one of the worlds leading drug companies made some remarkably candid comments. While other socalled journalists unquestioningly accept what is spoonfed to them from big pharma, moynihan bothers to look beneath the veneer created by pr and spindoctoring. Shyness is social anxiety disorder, pms is a psychiatric illness called pmdd, and active children now have adhd. Moynihan r and cassels a, published by allen and unwin, 2005. How the worlds biggest pharmaceutical companies are turning us all into patients is a 2005 book by ray moynihan and alan cassels about. Pdf selling sickness download full pdf book download. Apr, 2002 pharmaceutical marketings practical guide singled out the promotion of social phobia as a positive example of drug marketers shaping medical and public opinion about a disease.

With compelling clarity, selling sickness reveals how the ups and downs of daily life are becoming mental disorders, and common complaints are being transformed into frightening conditions. Thirty years ago, the head of the drug company merck made some rem. In this hardhitting indictment of the pharmaceutical industry, ray moynihan and allan cassels show how drug companies are systematically. Ray moynihan talked about the book he cowrote with alan cassels, selling sickness. Oct 18, 2006 selling sickness, by ray moynihan and alan cassels, is a meticulous study of the methods used by big drug companies to market diseases and sell them to healthy people. How the drug companies are turning us all into patients. He is an awardwinning journalist and the author of four books, including selling sickness, which has been translated into a dozen languages. He dreamed of making drugs for healthy people so they could sell to everyone.