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Study Guide to Accompany Fundamentals of Nursing By Taylor, Carol ; Lillis, Carol ;LeMone, Priscilla Laboratory and Diagnostic Tests with Nursing Implications By Kee, Joyce LeFever. Control of Communicable Diseases Manual By Heymann, David L Drug Information Handbook, 2009-2010 By Lacy, Charles F. ; Armstrong, Lora L. ; Goldman, Morton P. Introduction to Health Care By Mitchell, Joyce ; Haroun, Lee Physiology (Book with Online Access Code) By Costanzo, Linda S. Lippincott's Illustrated Reviews: Biochemistry (Book with Access Code) By Champe, Pamela C. ; Harvey, Richard A. ; Ferrier, Denise R. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association By American Psychological Association Taber's Cyclopedic Medical Dictionary (Indexed with DVD) By Venes, Donald ; Biderman, Arthur ; Fenton, Brigitte G. Davis's Drug Guide for Nurses (Book with CD-ROM) By Deglin, Judith Hopfer ; Vallerand, April Hazard

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Dental Office Administration (Book with CD-ROM and Access Code) By Irlbacher-Girtel,Geraldine ; Girtel, Guy S. Stedman's CPT Dictionary By American Medical Association Workbook for Mastering Medical Coding By Diamond, Marsha Hypertension Essentials 2010 By Kaplan, Norman M., M.D. ; Weber, Michael A., M.D. Netter's Gastroenterology By Floch, Martin H., M.D. ; Floch, Neil R., M.D. ; Kowdley, Kris V., M.D. Handbook of Women's Health By Rosenfeld, Jo Ann, M.D. The Cognitive Neurosciences By Gazzaniga, Michael S. Kaplan CCRN 2010: Certification for Adult Critical Care Nurses By Kaplan Medical-Surgical Nursing: Patient-Centered Collaborative Care (Book with CD-ROM and e-book Access code, single user) By Ignatavicius, Donna D. ; Workman, M. Linda. MedNotes: Pocket Drug Guide By Deglin, Judith

Medical ethics outrage: Merck (MRK) writes some doctor reports

It appears that some of the medical reviews of Merck's (NYSE: MRK) controversial drug Vioxx were not written by doctors at all. The company found "ghost writers" to put together evaluations for medical publications. Some physicians appear to have signed those reviews.
According to The New York Times "In an editorial, JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association) said the analysis showed that Merck had apparently manipulated dozens of publications to promote Vioxx."
The news marks another hideous chapter in the history of Vioxx, a drug which was found to cause heart attacks. A number of suits were initiated by patients who had suffered this side-effect.
While it is not clear whether Merck will be punished for participating in shaping reports about its own drug, the doctors involved should be charged with fraud, at the very least.
Vioxx turned out to be a dangerous drug. More detailed research may have discovered that. Even if more careful work would not have uncovered the problems with the drug, no one will ever know. The well was poisoned long before the patients taking Vioxx began to get ill.

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• Current Diagnosis & Treatment: Pediatrics, 19th ed., - Lange Medical Publications
  ISBN/ISSN: 007154433X
  Available both online and in print - most current edition in Dana reference collection; previous print editions in Dana book stacks; WS 141 C976.
  
• Harriet Lane Handbook, 18th ed., 2008 - Johns Hopkins. Custer and Rau, editors.
  ISBN/ISSN: 0323053033
  Available both online and in print, Dana book stacks, WS 29 H297 2009.
  
• Krugman's Infectious Diseases of Children, 11th ed., 2004 - Gershon, Hotez, and Katz, eds.,
  ISBN/ISSN: 0323017568
  
• Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., 2007 - Kliegman, et al, eds.
  ISBN/ISSN: 1416040048
  Available online and in print ,Dana Reserve, WS 100 N432 2007.
  
• Online Metabolic and Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease (OMMBID) - Valle, et al., eds.
  ISBN/ISSN: 0079130356
  8th ed. (2001) available in print on Dana Reserve, WD 200 M5865 2001.
  
• Pediatric Cardiology for Practitioners, 5th ed., 2008 - Park
  ISBN/ISSN: 0323046363
  4th ed., available in print, Dana Book Stacks, WS 290 P235p 2002.
  
• Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases, 3rd ed., 2008 - Long, et al, eds.
  ISBN/ISSN: 0443066876
  Available both online and in print, Dana book stacks, WC 100 P9575 2008.
  
• Red Book Online (2009) - American Academy of Pediatrics
  ISBN/ISSN: 1581103069
  27th ed. (2006) of Red Book in print in Dana reference collection, WC 39 R312.
  
• Rosen's Emergency Medicine: Concepts and Clinical Practice, 6th ed. (2006) - Marx, et al., eds.
  ISBN/ISSN: 0323028454
  Available online and in print, Dana book stacks, WB 105 E555 2006.
  
• Skeletal Trauma in Children, 3rd. ed., 2002 - Green and Swiontkowski, eds.
  ISBN/ISSN: 072169294X
  Available online and in print, Dana book stacks, WE 175 S6273 2003.