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The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

(Paperback, First Trade Paper Edition)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

The Body Hunters: Testing New Drugs on the World's Poorest Patients

Contributors:

By (Author) Sonia Shah

ISBN:

9781595582140

Publisher:

The New Press

Imprint:

The New Press

Publication Date:

30th October 2007

Edition:

First Trade Paper Edition

Country:

United Kingdom

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Other Subjects:

Medical research
Manufacturing industries

Dewey:

174.29519

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

256

Dimensions:

Width 140mm, Height 210mm

Weight:

301g

Description

Hailed by John Le Carre as an act of courage on the part of its author' and highly praised by leading medical journals on both sides of the Atlantic, Shah's expose of the unethical and lucrative exploits of the drugs trade in developing countries shines a much-needed spotlight on a growing trend. The multinational pharmaceutical industry has begun exporting its clinical research trials to the developing world, where ethical oversight is minimal and desperate patients abound. The world's poor frequently must either choose between experimentation or no drugs.'

Author Bio

Sonia Shah is an independent journalist and the author of Crude: The Story of Oil. Her articles have appeared in Salon, Playboy, and The Nation, and have been widely anthologized. A 2005 investigative journalism fellow of The Nation Institute, she lives in Boston, Massachusetts. John le Carr is the author of numerous bestselling novels. He lives in Cornwall, England.

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