Death by Paxil @ Euchred!

If SSRI were prescribed for clinical depression and the diagnosis was carefully defined then we would not have this problem.  What is happening and has been for a long time is that doctors have exchanged clinical treatment for a prescription pad.  In addition to this pharmaceutical companies have been injecting themselves in the doctor patient [...]

COSTLY BENEFITS AND THE CONSPIRACY OF GOODWILL
Paper given by Charles Medawar at the annual meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Imperial College, London, 9 September 2000

“The operation was a great success; unfortunately the patient died.” This old joke about an obviously costly benefit also makes a serious point about the [...]