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wesleyboy's review against another edition
2.0
First off, Washington retreads a lot of her same arguments from Medical Apartheid so if you’ve read that recently, this’ll be an even faster read.
I was disappointed by that, especially because she seems not to have added any new info and just repeats the same talking points. One of the things I left Medical Apartheid wondering was, “Is there any new Info in these cars she cites?”
Anyway, as much as I appreciate the work she has done and even agree with some of her points, at the end of the day, this book is a jumbled mess. The author compares studies from the early 1900’s to present day trials, without acknowledging the massive change of society or the institutions. She cherry picks facts and laments over and over how no one will call her back for an interview. The one person she does interview, the framing of it left a bad taste in my mouth as the way she writes it, you half expect it to end with her saying, “And then everyone clapped. Oh, and that person I corrected? Albert Einstein.”
Hatchi matchi. I work in research, I see and agree with a lot of the lapses she identifies, but it feels as if every medical person or institution in this book has 100% malicious motives, and every former research subject interviewed has been victimized and forever scarred, solely by the exploitation of these researchers.
I really hope I get to see the author speak someday, and I hope she sounds less sanctimonious then she reads. I dunno. There’s also the fact that she clearly has no
Medical training and only views these problems through the sterile lens of a bystander. Her ignorance of the day to day medical system hinders her making points about the changes that should take place because they come across as hyperbolic and conspiratorial.
I’m not saying she’s wrong. I’m just saying, she assumes a greater depth of knowledge about the realities of clinical research than her writing evidences.
I was disappointed by that, especially because she seems not to have added any new info and just repeats the same talking points. One of the things I left Medical Apartheid wondering was, “Is there any new Info in these cars she cites?”
Anyway, as much as I appreciate the work she has done and even agree with some of her points, at the end of the day, this book is a jumbled mess. The author compares studies from the early 1900’s to present day trials, without acknowledging the massive change of society or the institutions. She cherry picks facts and laments over and over how no one will call her back for an interview. The one person she does interview, the framing of it left a bad taste in my mouth as the way she writes it, you half expect it to end with her saying, “And then everyone clapped. Oh, and that person I corrected? Albert Einstein.”
Hatchi matchi. I work in research, I see and agree with a lot of the lapses she identifies, but it feels as if every medical person or institution in this book has 100% malicious motives, and every former research subject interviewed has been victimized and forever scarred, solely by the exploitation of these researchers.
I really hope I get to see the author speak someday, and I hope she sounds less sanctimonious then she reads. I dunno. There’s also the fact that she clearly has no
Medical training and only views these problems through the sterile lens of a bystander. Her ignorance of the day to day medical system hinders her making points about the changes that should take place because they come across as hyperbolic and conspiratorial.
I’m not saying she’s wrong. I’m just saying, she assumes a greater depth of knowledge about the realities of clinical research than her writing evidences.
nat_sanchez's review
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Useful for anyone particularly those who work in healthcare as an introduction to how informed consent in medical research has been and continues to be eroded.
gabymuggle2's review
5.0
Eye opening and soooo well-written. It was easily digestible, and some parts were hard to read through, but absolutely necessary for all to read.
guojing's review
4.0
Invaluable but quite repetitive, which shouldn't be the case for such a short book.
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