However, as Goldacre warns in Bad Pharma, it is often not as simple as this. Instead, they must assume this education themselves, primarily through researching clinical trials and the journals in which they are published. But from where is this knowledge gained? Medicine changes all the time and, once out of training, doctors have no standardised source of information. This makes logical sense: doctors, as well as patients, base informed decisions on whether or not a certain drug is deemed therapeutic or harmful. In the medical profession, the backbone of the prescription process is formed by evidence. Review by Michelle Li, Medicine Faculty, Monash University, Australia Ben Goldacre (2012), Bad Pharma: How drug companies mislead doctors and harm patients, London: Fourth Estate, 448pp
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