Our bodies, our data : how companies make billions selling our medical records /

Hidden from consumers, patient medical data has become a multibillion-dollar worldwide trade between our health-care providers, drug companies and a complex web of middlemen. This great medical-data bazaar sells copies of our prescriptions, hospital records, insurance claims, blood-test results and...

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Main Author: Tanner, Adam (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Boston : Beacon Press, [2017]
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