About The Author
Former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and now a member of Harvard Medical School’s Department of Global Health and Social Medicine, Marcia Angell is a nationally recognized authority in the field of health policy and medical ethics and an outspoken critic of the health care system. Time magazine named her one of the 25 most influential people in America. Dr. Angell is the author of Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case.
