....anyway, having scrolled down that best-selling medicine books list - dazzlenation...i was to come across a book that widens the scope of what....well, what oscar had been warning about.....early 80s....i.e. the takeover of 'big pharm' at his hospital.....along the lines of drug reps coming in and bribing doctors (freebies - including holidays-in-the-sun)....and one of them - jonathan veal - had been in my maths class, at senior school....lol...anyway, apparently they had had a very long chat about all of it....veal appears to have been somewhat apologetic at the time....yes, he understood that it was a bad thing but there again - senseless to fight against such an immense growing tide..."good salesman" replies BI online....go figure:

The Social Transformation of American Medicine (Revised Edition): The Rise of a Sovereign Profession and the Making of a Vast Industry: Amazon.co.uk: Starr, Paul: 9780465093021: Books