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meekoh's review against another edition
4.0
4.5★
The medical industry was supposed to be an outlier in the capitalist vortex. A rare sanctuary that did not prioritize corporate interests over patient care. Morally upstanding and highly educated doctors were seen as surely immune to corporate propaganda and financial incentives. In hindsight, it seems like an incredibly naïve mindset.
In the absence of regulatory barriers, market forces will always course correct to the most profitable outcome, codifying future commercial practices. This book documents the downward spiral of the medical industry’s ability to protect patients from being bulldozed by business interests.
It is a record of how a national decade-long prescription epidemic morphed into a heroin epidemic (and on to fentanyl).
It is the reason many Americans do not trust big pharma to develop vaccines.
It is a testament to the low regard with which plutocrats prioritize human life.
The medical industry was supposed to be an outlier in the capitalist vortex. A rare sanctuary that did not prioritize corporate interests over patient care. Morally upstanding and highly educated doctors were seen as surely immune to corporate propaganda and financial incentives. In hindsight, it seems like an incredibly naïve mindset.
In the absence of regulatory barriers, market forces will always course correct to the most profitable outcome, codifying future commercial practices. This book documents the downward spiral of the medical industry’s ability to protect patients from being bulldozed by business interests.
It is a record of how a national decade-long prescription epidemic morphed into a heroin epidemic (and on to fentanyl).
It is the reason many Americans do not trust big pharma to develop vaccines.
It is a testament to the low regard with which plutocrats prioritize human life.
marianka1992's review against another edition
5.0
5 stars without a doubt. Thoroughly researched and painstakingly detailed, a page turner of horrors about the Sackler family and the marketing of oxy contin,
It is a great read but also a cautionary tale and an eye opener about corporate America.
It is a great read but also a cautionary tale and an eye opener about corporate America.
camrobbins's review against another edition
dark
informative
medium-paced
5.0
I listened to this audio book on my commute. I started and ended each day angry.
amy_j18's review against another edition
informative
slow-paced
3.75
Lots of information. Bit long, but it covers three generations, and apparently they were all greedy self-serving people. Had no idea about this family until reading this.
lovelyday2day's review against another edition
Wow. Really feels like fiction or Succession but unfortunately is not. Very long and detailed but hard to put down. Amid the horrifying greed there were moments of inspiration (Nan Goldin) and humor (some of the corporate moments and ridiculous quirks)