Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index.

"In On the Take, Dr. Jerome Kassirer offers an unsettling look at the pervasive payoffs that physicians take from big drug companies and other medical suppliers, arguing that the billion-dollar onslaught of industry money has deflected many physicians' moral compasses and directly impacted the everyday care we receive from the doctors and institutions we trust most. Under-scored by countless chilling untold stories, the book illuminates the financial connections between the wealthy companies that make drugs and the doctors who prescribe them." "A diagnosis of an epidemic of greed, On the Take offers insight into how we can cure the medical profession and restore our trust in doctors."--BOOK JACKET