[Sci-tech-public] Marcia Angell, Tues. April 10

[Kara Swanson]

Please join the *Ivory Tower Working Group* for a conversation with:
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  *Dr. Marcia Angell *
who will discuss:
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*The Truth about the Drug Companies*


on *Tuesday, April 10th, from 4-5:30 in Science Center, rm 469*,

Dr. Angell, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Medicine at 
Harvard Medical School and Editor-in-Chief, Emerita of the New England 
Journal of Medicine, will lead a discussion  based on a brief 
presentation updating her New York Review of Books piece of the same 
title, published July 15, 2004 and her subsequent article "Your 
Dangerous Drugstore" published June 8, 2006.   Dr. Angell is also the 
author of a full-length book on this subject, /The Truth About the Drug 
Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It/. (June 2006).  

In order to facilitate a lively discussion, participants are strongly 
encouraged to read the two articles in advance.  They are available here:

http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/~jhurlbut/itwg/ 
<http://www.people.fas.harvard.edu/%7Ejhurlbut/itwg/>

Light refreshments will be provided.  If you plan to attend, please RSVP 
to kswanson at fas.harvard.edu <mailto:kswanson at fas.harvard.edu>. 

/The Ivory Tower Working Group is a graduate student and faculty group 
which explores the linked issues concerning historical and present-day 
relations between the university, science, technology, business, 
industry and government.  For information, please contact Ben Hurlbut 
(//jhurlbut at fas.harvard.edu/ <mailto:jhurlbut at fas.harvard.edu>/) or Kara 
Swanson (//kswanson at fas.harvard.edu/ <mailto:kswanson at fas.harvard.edu>/)./

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Kara W. Swanson, B.S., M.A., J.D.
Ph.D. Candidate
History of Science 
Harvard University 
Science Center 371
Cambridge, MA 02138
kswanson at fas.harvard.edu
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