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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

Ray Moynihan, David Henry

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030191

Bigger and Better: How Pfizer Redefined Erectile Dysfunction

Joel Lexchin

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030132

Medicine Goes to School: Teachers as Sickness Brokers for ADHD

Christine B Phillips

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030182

Female Sexual Dysfunction: A Case Study of Disease Mongering and Activist Resistance

Leonore Tiefer

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030178

The Latest Mania: Selling Bipolar Disorder

David Healy

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030185

Pharmaceutical Marketing and the Invention of the Medical Consumer

Kalman Applbaum

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030189

Combating Disease Mongering: Daunting but Nonetheless Essential

Iona Heath

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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

Steven Woloshin, Lisa M Schwartz

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030170

Cholinesterase Inhibitors: Drugs Looking for a Disease?

Marina Maggini, Nicola Vanacore, Roberto Raschetti

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030140

Disease Mongering in Drug Promotion: Do Governments Have a Regulatory Role?

Barbara Mintzes

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030198

Correspondence Top

Awareness and Attitudes about Disease Mongering among Medical and Pharmaceutical Students

C. Jairaj Kumar, Abhizith Deoker, Ashwini Kumar, Arunachalam Kumar, B. M Hegde

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Published 11 Apr 2006 | info:doi/10.1371/journal.pmed.0030213