Beth Macy

Dopesick

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Now a major TV series on Disney+
'A shocking investigation… Dopesick is essential' The Times
'Unfolds with all the pace of a thriller' Observer
'A deep — and deeply needed — look into the troubled soul of America' Tom Hanks
'Essential reading' New York Times
Beth Macy reveals the disturbing truth behind America's opioid crisis and explains how a nation has become enslaved to prescription drugs.
This powerful and moving story explains how a large corporation, Purdue, encouraged small town doctors to prescribe OxyContin to a country already awash in painkillers. The drug's dangerously addictive nature was hidden, whilst many used it as an escape, to numb the pain of of joblessness and the need to pay the bills. Macy tries to answer a grieving mother's question — why her only son died — and comes away with a harrowing tale of greed and need.
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478 printed pages
Publication year
2018
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  • memento2011has quoted3 years ago
    The seismic shift toward thinking of patients as health care consumers was already under way, as patients now rated their health care experiences in formal surveys, Press Ganey the largest among them, and doctors and hospitals alike competed to see who could engender the highest scores, incentivizing nurses and doctors to treat pain liberally or risk losing reimbursements.

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