This is an archive of the Selling Sickness 2013 conference, held in Washington DC in February 2013. It is preserved as a record and is no longer updated.

Selling Sickness 2013 — People Before Profits

"booktivism" -- a project for activism and awareness

Because talking about the issues raised at the conference shouldn’t stop when the conference ends, we have created a special Disease-Mongering Book Club and Curriculum Project we are calling "BOOKTIVISM". 

There are many great recent books by doctors, journalists, lawyers, and ordinary citizens deeply affected and outraged by disease mongering. They expose the stories and the facts behind the selling of sickness by reckless marketers of medical products, tests and treatments.  We will have a BOOKTIVISM display and special workshop  at the conference, and many of the authors will be attending.

These books need to be read and shared, so we will give conference attendees book lists and reading guides with summaries, quotes, author backgrounds, and discussion questions. We will also provide handouts with guidelines for setting up "BOOKTIVISM" book clubs and using books about disease-mongering in the classroom.

Click here for the BOOKTIVISM (opens in a new tab) materials distributed at the Selling Sickness conference.  Read, share, and enjoy!

Learn more about their books from the BOOKTIVISM authors.  Interviews recorded at the Selling Sickness conference.

David Healy

Margaret McCartney

 

Alison Bass

 

Alan Cassels

 

Peter Gotzsche

 

Rosemary Gibson

 

Jeremy Gruber

 

John Abramson

 

Kathleen Sharp

 

Anne Rochon Ford

 

Gail Hornstein
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