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Chasing medical miracles : the promise and perils of clinical trials Cover Image Book

Chasing medical miracles : the promise and perils of clinical trials / Alex O'Meara ; [with a new preface by the author].

O'Meara, Alex. (Author).

Summary:

Provides a ehind-the-scenes look at clinical trials and how the companies involved with them have becomesignificant partart of the American medical establishment.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780802719904
  • ISBN: 0802719902
  • ISBN: 9780802716965
  • ISBN: 0802716962
  • Physical Description: x, 262 pages ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Walker & Co., 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Entering the risky world of clinical trials -- The right and wrong of clinical trials -- Money makes the trial go 'round -- Legal trials -- There's a subject born every minute -- Going global -- The perfect laboratory for clinical trials -- The stories behind the subjects -- Transplanted -- Volunteering for a clinical trial.

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Subject: Clinical trials.
Human experimentation in medicine.
Clinical medicine > Research.

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 615.5072 OME (Text) 37810434822945 Adult Nonfiction Available -