PLoS Medicine Disease Mongering Collection
To mark the first academic meeting on disease mongering (the "selling of sickness" in order to promote drug sales), which was held in Newcastle, Australia in April 2006, and to help provoke and inform a response to the phenomenon, PLoS Medicine commissioned a special theme issue.
The Inaugural Conference on Disease Mongering was held between April 11-13, 2006 in Newcastle, Australia.
Download: Complete Collection (4 MB PDF).
Image Credit: Illustration by Giovanni Maki.
Essays Top
The Fight against Disease Mongering: Generating Knowledge for Action
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030191
Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile Dysfunction
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030132
Medicine Goes to School: Teachers as Sickness Brokers for ADHD
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030182
Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030178
The Latest Mania: Selling Bipolar Disorder
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030185
Pharmaceutical Marketing and the Invention of the Medical Consumer
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030189
Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030146
Policy Forums Top
Giving Legs to Restless Legs: A Case Study of How the Media Helps Make People Sick
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030170
Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030140
Disease Mongering in Drug Promotion: Do Governments Have a Regulatory Role?
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030198
Correspondence Top
Awareness and Attitudes about Disease Mongering among Medical and Pharmaceutical Students
PLoS Medicine:Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030213