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Author:   Søren Ventegodt ,  Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.532kg
ISBN:  

9781614700678

ISBN 10:   1614700672
Pages:   190
Publication Date:   21 May 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

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Introduction; The errors & deficiencies of the randomised, clinical trial (RCT); Problems with the premises of the RCT: The placebo pill has no placebo effect at all so the drugs win the race; Passive or active placebo; Measuring the effect of drugs in RTC. Shall documentation be based on disease markers, local symptoms, or global dimensions of self-rated health, quality of life, & ability?; The observation time of the randomised clinical trial (RCT); Efficacy of biomedicine in general practice: Why only one patient in a hundred gets help; The cost of a patient cured with biomedicine compared to the original, Hippocratic, holistic medicine; The chemical medicine's efficacy in the serious diseases. Somatic medicine: Cancer & coronary heart disease. Psychiatry: Depression & schizophrenia.; The marketing strategy, the values, & the people of Big Pharma; Biomedicine & Holistic Medicine in conflict; How do we develop medicine from being poisonous drugs into being an efficient & safe medicine?; Conclusion: The pharmaceutical industry sells poisons as medicine & knows that the documentation should be better; Scientific resume.

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Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, born and educated in Denmark is professor of pediatrics, child health and human development, Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Center, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel and Kentucky Childrens Hospital, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky United States and professor of public health at the Center for Healthy Development, School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, United States, the medical director of the Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, the founder and director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Israel.

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