{"product_id":"9781407021225","title":"Taking the Medicine: A Short History of Medicine's Beautiful Idea, and our Difficulty Swallowing It","description":"\u003cp\u003eDoctors and patients alike trust the medical profession and its therapeutic powers; yet this trust has often been misplaced. Whether prescribing opium or thalidomide, aspirin or antidepressants, doctors have persistently failed to test their favourite ideas - often with catastrophic results. From revolutionary America to Nazi Germany and modern big-pharmaceuticals, this is the unexpected story of just how bad medicine has been, and of its remarkably recent effort to improve. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the history of well-meaning doctors misled by intuition, of the startling human cost of their mistakes and of the exceptional individuals who have helped make things better. Alarming and optimistic, \u003ci\u003eTaking the Medicine\u003c\/i\u003e is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why to trust the pills they swallow.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138153300208,"sku":"9781407021225","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781407021225_p0.jpg?v=1763717971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781407021225","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}