Disease Mongering
By Jeffry Fawcett, April 18, 2006 in the Editorials blog
The latest issue of the Public Library of Science Medicine is devoted to disease mongering: creating diseases that turn healthy people into patients. The editors and contributors to the issue describe how widespread disease mongering has become and how it is the result of a complex stew driven by a pharmaceutical industry that enlists directly or indirectly public relations companies, researchers, professional organizations, and patient advocacy groups. [Read more…]