Elliott, Carl, 1961-

White coat, black hat : adventures on the dark side of medicine / Carl Elliott. - Boston : Beacon Press, c2010. - xvi, 213 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The guinea pigs -- The ghosts -- The detail men -- The thought leaders -- The flacks -- The ethicists.

In this lively narrative, physician and moral philosopher Carl Elliott traces for the first time the evolutionary path of the new direction in health care, revealing the dangerous underbelly of the beast that has emerged--a beast that sacrifices old-style doctoring to fit the values of consumer capitalism.

9780807061428 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0807061425 (hardcover : alk. paper)

2010006119

101524262 DNLM


Medical ethics--United States.
Pharmaceutical industry--United States.
Medicine--United States.

R724 / .E385 2010

174.2/951

2010 K-841 QV 736 / E46w 2010