| View Larger Image | Money Talks - Profits Before Patient Safety | DVDStarring: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Directed By: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
| List Price: | $19.99 | | | Available: | Usually ships in 24 hours |
| | Binding: | DVD | | Rating: |  | | Run Time: | 50 minutes | | Format: | Color, Digital Sound, DVD, Letterboxed, NTSC | | Studio: | Hummingbird Pictures | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Aspect Ratio: | 1.33:1 | | Release Date: | May 16, 2006 | | Sales Rank: | 33,622rd |
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EDITORIAL REVIEWS |
Amazon.com
The controversial independent film Side Effects raised so many questions about the ethical and societal implications of the marketing practices the pharmaceutical industry, that writer/director Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau felt compelled to turn to the experts. The result is a gripping documentary that features interviews with key opinion leaders from Harvard, Columbia, UCLA and more. These thought leaders frankly discuss pharmaceutical influence as it relates to consumers, physicians, research, the FDA and Capitol Hill. |
CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 6 reviews)
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Superb - EVERY American can benefit from seeing this (RN) by Love to Read (USA)  5 Stars
October 31, 2009
Anyone who cares about their health should see this DVD and give it to their family and friends. I'm an RN and Clinical Nurse Specialist and am appalled at how much control the drug companies have over us. Wake up America. Know what is REALLY going on when you visit a doctor or when you accept pharmaceutical marketing. The system has really become sickening and is all about money. The FDA is NOT there to protect you. The government is not there to protect you. Educate yourself and live.
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Excellent dvd and relevant topic for today by A. Gift For You (Clancy, MT United States) 5 Stars
August 30, 2009
Excellent dvd X 3. Americans need to see this on tv rather than just a dvd. So informative..and tragically Accurate.
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Tells it like it is about Big Pharma by Joel M. Kauffman (Berwyn, PA United States) 5 Stars
October 06, 2007
You cannot imagine what bravery it took for this DVD to be made. One guest is a former detail man and the producer is former detail woman, now called drug reps. In a PBS documentary style, but with rapid movement between 6 guests, this is the story of overselling drugs, mis-educating physicians, and control of even academic medical research. Even if you are a jaded cynic like me, you will find out some new disgusting angle to the prescription drug business.
Here is the place for me to recommend Deadly Medicine by Thomas J. Moore (1995) and any of his other books. And Let Them Eat Prozac by David Healy (2004). And The Trouble with Medical Journals by Richard Smith. And Calculated Risks by Gerd Gigerenzer (2002).
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Excellent expose by Nicole S. Urdang (Western New York) 5 Stars
October 24, 2006
This is an excellent overview of how drug companies will stoop at nothing to show their products in a good light, even if their "cures" are worse than useless and exorbitantly expensive.
Two former sales reps explain how the drug companies seduce doctors from the time they're in med school with gifts, trips, etc. Yes, we all know this, but hearing it from people who engaged in these practices makes their methods seem even more odious and manipulative.
I especially liked Dr. Hoffman from UCLA whose calm explanations of the business of medicine and modern drug company tactics were excellent and scathing.
I wish this DVD was required by all medical schools.
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much needed. by Mary S. 5 Stars
May 17, 2006
This documentary is very concise, and very straight forward. It does not beat around the bush or preach to the choir. It features interviews with some very credible sources, all of whom have their unique take on such a timely discussion topic. I really enjoyed the way the interviews were woven together. This documentary makes a great point and I'd highly recommend it for anyone who is interested in learning the hard facts about the drug industry and its ethics.
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Starring: Sandy Adell, David M. Ames, John Apple, Ron Baumgartner, Collin Spencer
Directed By: Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau
Also With: Carl F. Whitney (Cinematographer), Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau (Producer), Kathleen Slattery-Moschkau (Writer), Dan Kattman (Editor), Dan Kattman (Producer), Holly Mosher (Producer), Katherine Heigl (Producer)
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