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Awards
Overview"Investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes a conspiracy of fraud and betrayal behind attacks on a mainstay of medicine: vaccinations. 2021 IPPY Book Award Winner (Gold) in Health/Medicine/Nutrition, Recipient of the Eric Hoffer Award for Nonfiction in the Culture Category. From San Francisco to Shanghai, from Vancouver to Venice, controversy over vaccines is erupting around the globe. Fear is spreading. Banished diseases have returned. And a militant ""anti-vax"" movement has surfaced to campaign against children's shots. But why? In The Doctor Who Fooled the World, award-winning investigative reporter Brian Deer exposes the truth behind the crisis. Writing with the page-turning tension of a detective story, he unmasks the players and unearths the facts. Where it began. Who was responsible. How they pulled it off. Who paid. At the heart of this dark narrative is the rise of the so-called ""father of the anti-vaccine movement"": a British-born doctor, Andrew Wakefield. Banned from medicine, thanks to Deer's discoveries, he fled to the United States to pursue his ambitions, and now claims to be winning a ""war."" In an epic investigation spread across fifteen years, Deer battles medical secrecy and insider cover-ups, smear campaigns and gagging lawsuits, to uncover rigged research and moneymaking schemes, the heartbreaking plight of families struggling with disability, and the scientific scandal of our time." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Brian DeerPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.680kg ISBN: 9781421438009ISBN 10: 1421438003 Pages: 408 Publication Date: 24 November 2020 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPrologue: Resurrection Part 1. Big Ideas 1. The Guinness Moment 2. It Must Be Measles 3. Quests Collide 4. The Pilot Study 5. Child Four 6. A Moral Issue Part 2. Secret Schemes 7. Everybody Knows 8. First Contact 9. The Deal 10. Trouble in the Labs 11. Spartanburg Science 12. Asked and Answered 13. Turn of the Century 14. On Capitol Hill 15. Letting Go 16. The Bridge 17. Unblinded Part 3. Exposed 18. Assignment 19. Cracking the Coombe 20. The Spoiler 21. Texas 22. Nothing As It Seems 23. Sesame Street 24. Enterocolitis 25. We Can Reveal 26. Cry Smear 27. An Elaborate Fraud Part 4. Avenged 28. Rock Bottom 29. Payback Time 30. Vaxxed 31. Wakefield's World 32. Cause and Affect Epilogue: A Wonderful Doctor Timeline Note to Readers Acknowledgments IndexReviewsRiveting . . . Readers who love a good debunking will find Deer's narrative logical, exciting, and enraging. -Publishers Weekly Seldom has any new book been more timely than The Doctor Who Fooled the World At times the book reads more like a thriller than a journalistic investigation -The Sunday Times At a time when the World Health Organization lists 'vaccine hesitancy' as one of the top ten threats to global health, this stunning work sounds an urgent message and demonstrates the essential role of investigative journalism in uncovering the truth. -Foreword Reviews Exposing researchers who lie, cheat and fake their data often requires the work of courageous whistleblowers or tenacious investigative journalists. Enter Brian Deer, an award-winning reporter for the Sunday Times of London -The Wall Street Journal Although many people think they know this now-infamous story, it is likely they are unaware of all its dramatic details. Curious lay readers and vaccine experts alike are sure to learn something worthwhile from Deer's well-chronicled account. -Paul A. Offit, Science Mind-boggling . . . Every chapter drops your jaw. -BigThink Riveting . . . a compelling portrait of hubris and the terrible dark shadow it can cast. -Saad B. Omer, Nature Written with the meticulousness of a journalist determined to find out the truth and the pulse-pounding pacing of a thriller, The Doctor Who Fooled the World is a profoundly important book. -Steve Silberman, author of Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity Deer's book is a compelling reminder of what great investigative journalism looks like. -Kathleen Hall Jamieson, Director, Annenberg Public Policy Center, author of Cyberwar: How Russian Hackers and Trolls Helped Elect a President A magnificent book. Too few people know how greed and deceit conspired to create the myth that vaccines cause autism. Only Brian Deer can tell that whole story, because he uncovered all of its chilling twists and turns. -Ivan Oransky, MD, President, Association of Health Care Journalists / Cofounder, Retraction Watch As a pediatrician, I've witnessed with fury the impact that Andrew Wakefield's fraudulent science has had on the health of children. This brilliantly written book is a must read. -Su Laurent, MD, author of Your Baby Month By Month: What to Expect from Birth to 2 Years An extraordinary story of medical fraud and scaremongering, told by the courageous and tenacious journalist who revealed the truth. -Simon Singh, author of Fermat's Enigma: The Epic Quest to Solve the World's Greatest Mathematical Problem Riveting from start to finish. Thankfully, reporters like Brian Deer exist. He is not afraid to look into the eyes of the Grim Reaper and to fight back on behalf of all of us for whom scientific rigour is so important, but also perhaps more importantly, for the families whose lives have so often been devastated by misinformation and bad science. -Ava Easton, Chief Executive, Encephalitis Society Evocative . . . an incredible story. -Chemistry World The author not only exposes major flaws in the study itself, he also describes high-pressure tactics used to recruit the young patients and the harmful, invasive procedures used to gather samples. -Eric Hoffer Award Committee [A] riveting history... Readers who love a good debunking will find Deer's narrative logical, exciting, and enraging. --Publishers Weekly Author InformationBrian Deer is a multi-award-winning investigative reporter, best known for inquiries into the drug industry, medicine, and social issues for the Sunday Times of London. briandeer.com @deerbrian Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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