Taking the Medicine
Douban
ISBN: 9780701182786
author:
Druin Burch
publishing house:
Chatto & Windus
publication date: 2009
-1
price: GBP 20.00
number of pages: 336
A Short History of Medicine’s Beautiful Idea, and our Difficulty Swallowing It
Druin Burch
Overview
Burch’s controversial argument is that for most of human history medicine has been a catastrophe, and emphasizes how little and how much has changed, and how we need to make educated choices about the risks we swallow. Only then can the drugs of today and tomorrow save our lives.
