The danger within us : America's untested, unregulated medical device industry and one man's battle to survive it /
By: Lenzer, Jeanne [author.].
Publisher: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017Description: 329 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 9780316343763; 9780316343763:; 0316343765.Subject(s): Medical instruments and apparatus industry -- Corrupt practices -- United States | Medical instruments and apparatus -- Safety regulations -- United States | Medical instruments and apparatus -- United StatesDDC classification: 338.47610280973Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Standard Loan | ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 338.47610280973 LEN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0082781 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-316) and index.
Strange seizures -- Age of miracles -- Deadly devices -- The man from Cyberonics -- Adverse events -- No safety net -- Regulators in chains -- The power of illusions -- The quest for truth -- When money talks -- Breakdown -- What is to be done?
Medical interventions have become the third leading cause of death in America, killing more Americans each year than diabetes, murders, car accidents, and AIDS combined. In this book, award-winning journalist Jeanne Lenzer brings this horrifying statistic to life through the story of one working class man who, after his 'cure' nearly kills him, ends up in a battle for justice against the medical establishment. His crusade leads Lenzer on a journey through the dark underbelly of the medical device industry, a fascinating and disturbing world that hasn't been written about before.