Bibliograph

Drug dealer, MD, how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop, Anna Lembke, MD

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Drug dealer, MD, how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop, Anna Lembke, MD

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Drug dealer, MD

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

944408451

Responsibility statement

Anna Lembke, MD

Sub title

how doctors were duped, patients got hooked, and why it's so hard to stop

Table Of Contents

What is addiction, who's at risk, and how do people recover? -- Prescription drugs as the new gateway to addiction -- Pain is dangerous, difference is psychopathology : the role of illness narratives -- Big Pharma joins Big Medicine : co-opting medical science to promote pill-taking -- The drug-seeking patient : malingering versus the hijacked brain -- The professional patient : illness as identity and a right to be compensated -- The compassionate doctor, the narcissistic injury, and the primitive defense -- Pill mills and the Toyota-ization of medicine -- Addiction, the disease insurance companies still won't pay doctors to treat -- Stopping the cycle of compulsive prescribing

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