This shocking expose of the American medical system presents the grim truth behind a healthcare system which has been run as a business, rather than a service. A painkiller pandemic has overtaken the American healthcare system, and avoidable tragedies have been allowed to continue, driven by corporate greed, bad science and a corrupted institution. Chris McGreal’s powerful account of events will leave readers shocked, as their eyes are opened to the devastating effects of Big Pharma’s hijacking of American medicine.