Selling Sickness 2013
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GOODBYE HEALTH, HELLO “HEALTH”

GOODBYE HEALTH, HELLO “HEALTH”

Anthropologist Joe Dumit has written one of the most important and radical (getting to the root) books about health, marketing, medical research, and the pharmaceutical industry in recent decades, Drugs for Life: How pharmaceutical companies […]

Jan, 31
GOOD GRIEF, YOU’RE NOT OVER IT YET?

GOOD GRIEF, YOU’RE NOT OVER IT YET?

I (K.W) can’t believe that it’s been 10 years since my funny young husband, Woody, died as a result of Zoloft-induced suicide.  It’s been a long journey learning to live with a new “normal.” Only […]

Jan, 25
CALL TO ACTION ON DISEASE MONGERING

CALL TO ACTION ON DISEASE MONGERING

From the outset of our planning, we wanted our conference to be part of a progressive and activist health movement. The previous Selling Sickness conferences (Australia, 2006; Amsterdam, 2010) brought together scholars who brilliantly unpacked […]

Jan, 17
Http://alltrials.net – WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

Http://alltrials.net – WE’VE ONLY JUST BEGUN

A public petition went up on alltrials.net today asking for support (from anybody) for the demand to register all clinical trials for all medical treatments, past and present, and to make sure that the full […]

Jan, 10
HAPPY NEW YEAR

HAPPY NEW YEAR

It’s hard to believe that our “Selling Sickness 2013: People Before Profits” conference is less than two months away. It seems like just yesterday that I (K.W.) attended the 2010 Selling Sickness conference in Amsterdam. […]

Jan, 03

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