--- product_id: 13565370 title: "White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine" price: "31.13 DT" currency: TND in_stock: false reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13565370-white-coat-black-hat-adventures-on-the-dark-side-medicine store_origin: TN region: Tunisia --- # White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine **Price:** 31.13 DT **Availability:** ❌ Out of Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine - **How much does it cost?** 31.13 DT with free shipping - **Is it available?** Currently out of stock - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.tn](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13565370-white-coat-black-hat-adventures-on-the-dark-side-medicine) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description By New Yorker and Atlantic writer Carl Elliott, a readable and even funny account of the serious business of medicine. A tongue-in-cheek account of the changes that have transformed medicine into big business. Physician and medical ethicist Carl Elliott tracks the new world of commercialized medicine from start to finish, introducing the professional guinea pigs, ghostwriters, thought leaders, drug reps, public relations pros, and even medical ethicists who use medicine for (sometimes huge) financial gain. Along the way, he uncovers the cost to patients lost in a health-care universe centered around consumerism. Review: Important information we should all know (first step to a solution) - This book discusses important topics that we all should know about; The nontrivial conflicts-of-interest between pharmaceutical firms and doctors and researchers need to have some more time in the sun so that we all know what they are (and the first step in finding a solution to a problem is to understand that you have a problem and what it is). The large-scale big-money push by pharmaceutical firms to get their drugs into the market, to get them recommended by medical professionals and researchers and into your prescriptions creates all sorts of conflicts-of-interest that consumers, patients and the general public need to know more about. The disclosure of the financial (monetary and other) arrangements between pharmaceuticals and doctors and researchers needs to be vastly improved. The treatment of medical (human) research subjects is, at times, seriously problematic, unethical and dangerous. The true authorship of medical and research papers "written" by the publicly named authors needs to be disclosed. The true conductors of the research needs to be acknowledged. The financial sponsorship of the research needs to be disclosed and finally the raw data needs be disclosed so that different conclusions can be drawn as data can be cherry-picked to fit a conclusion. It is not the basic business of pharmaceuticals that is being challenged in this book, it is how some of this business is conducted. This is an important book because the more people who know about the issues discussed in it then the greater likelihood that appropriate solutions will materialize to the problems discussed. Sunshine (the disclosure of true and complete information) is a powerful disinfectant. Highly recommended! Review: when is an ethicist ethical? - There was some careful product placement here and misleading advertising. Carl Elliott's articles in the New Yorker describe lurid medical misconduct. The doctors in this book are only evil enough to allow themselves to be swayed in their prescribing by gifts of pens and coffee mugs. It's not a textbook of medical ethics. There's nothing about Kant's categorical imperatives or the Golden Rule or dropping bombs on Nazi German cities. In the opening chapter he describes an interesting and classical quandary. Two drugs are known to be effective for a disease. It would help us to know which is best. The victims of the disease are mentally ill, or are children in Africa. Solving a problem like this demands a lot of careful logic and fancy statistics (calculations of power requirements, number-needed to-treat, optional stopping etc). Elliott gives us none of this but gives a highly colored anecdotal account of the people involved (the American ones anyway). He writes as a journalist rather than as a philosopher and flogs some rather dead horses in order to produce readable anecdotes His accounts of doctors being influenced by free meals and rides in fancy limousines rather bemused me. Most of those I know can afford their own food and cars, and make more money from a day in the office or O.R. than from giving an out-of-town lecture. It's partly about medical ethicists, who apparently live in their own circles and get free meals and rides in fancy limousines and are corrupted by pens and coffee mugs. Is seems the only way for an ethicist to stay incorruptible is to have a private income held in a blind trust. That all sounds rather negative, but this is an intersting and well-written book that I enjoyed reading and learned a lot from. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #1,412,276 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #491 in Medical Ethics (Books) #2,562 in Medical Reference (Books) #95,498 in Health, Fitness & Dieting (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.3 out of 5 stars 104 Reviews | ## Images ![White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/6173vxyUunL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Important information we should all know (first step to a solution) *by M***N on November 15, 2011* This book discusses important topics that we all should know about; The nontrivial conflicts-of-interest between pharmaceutical firms and doctors and researchers need to have some more time in the sun so that we all know what they are (and the first step in finding a solution to a problem is to understand that you have a problem and what it is). The large-scale big-money push by pharmaceutical firms to get their drugs into the market, to get them recommended by medical professionals and researchers and into your prescriptions creates all sorts of conflicts-of-interest that consumers, patients and the general public need to know more about. The disclosure of the financial (monetary and other) arrangements between pharmaceuticals and doctors and researchers needs to be vastly improved. The treatment of medical (human) research subjects is, at times, seriously problematic, unethical and dangerous. The true authorship of medical and research papers "written" by the publicly named authors needs to be disclosed. The true conductors of the research needs to be acknowledged. The financial sponsorship of the research needs to be disclosed and finally the raw data needs be disclosed so that different conclusions can be drawn as data can be cherry-picked to fit a conclusion. It is not the basic business of pharmaceuticals that is being challenged in this book, it is how some of this business is conducted. This is an important book because the more people who know about the issues discussed in it then the greater likelihood that appropriate solutions will materialize to the problems discussed. Sunshine (the disclosure of true and complete information) is a powerful disinfectant. Highly recommended! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ when is an ethicist ethical? *by D***T on October 24, 2010* There was some careful product placement here and misleading advertising. Carl Elliott's articles in the New Yorker describe lurid medical misconduct. The doctors in this book are only evil enough to allow themselves to be swayed in their prescribing by gifts of pens and coffee mugs. It's not a textbook of medical ethics. There's nothing about Kant's categorical imperatives or the Golden Rule or dropping bombs on Nazi German cities. In the opening chapter he describes an interesting and classical quandary. Two drugs are known to be effective for a disease. It would help us to know which is best. The victims of the disease are mentally ill, or are children in Africa. Solving a problem like this demands a lot of careful logic and fancy statistics (calculations of power requirements, number-needed to-treat, optional stopping etc). Elliott gives us none of this but gives a highly colored anecdotal account of the people involved (the American ones anyway). He writes as a journalist rather than as a philosopher and flogs some rather dead horses in order to produce readable anecdotes His accounts of doctors being influenced by free meals and rides in fancy limousines rather bemused me. Most of those I know can afford their own food and cars, and make more money from a day in the office or O.R. than from giving an out-of-town lecture. It's partly about medical ethicists, who apparently live in their own circles and get free meals and rides in fancy limousines and are corrupted by pens and coffee mugs. Is seems the only way for an ethicist to stay incorruptible is to have a private income held in a blind trust. That all sounds rather negative, but this is an intersting and well-written book that I enjoyed reading and learned a lot from. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Readers will gain a great deal of insight into the unsavory details of some ... *by D***A on April 14, 2015* A highly interesting book covering a wide range of physician malfeasance and moral bankruptcy regarding medicine and medical research. Many of the examples are of particular relevance to those familiar with the University of MN (full disclosure: I'm an alumnus of the medical school, residency, and infectious diseases fellowship programs at the U of MN, and am also on the faculty, albeit at an affiliated hospital), which has not distinguished itself with handling these issues. Readers will gain a great deal of insight into the unsavory details of some clinical trials, the all-too-cozy relationships between academia and industry, and the lengths to which rather reprehensible behavior is excused, and sometimes even rewarded. Highly recommended for anyone in the healthcare field, and also anyone who wants to learn about how deeply industry has insinuated itself in universities and the research world. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13565370-white-coat-black-hat-adventures-on-the-dark-side-medicine](https://www.desertcart.tn/products/13565370-white-coat-black-hat-adventures-on-the-dark-side-medicine) --- *Product available on Desertcart Tunisia* *Store origin: TN* *Last updated: 2026-05-31*