Trusted

Children and Aspirin, a Deadly Dance of Science, Business, and Politics

Karen Starko

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Wakefield Press
01 January 2023

True stories: discovery, historical & scientific; Mathematics & Sciences

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In her new book, Trusted: Children and aspirin, a deadly dance of science, business and politics, physician and epidemiologist Karen M. Starko tells how in the late 1970s, partly through trawling medical journals and observations from up to a century before, as well as talking with parents whose children had so recently died after sudden ghastly illness, she came to identify the likely link between the killer named and classified in 1963 as 'Reye's syndrome' and humble, bestselling, family-friendly aspirin.

Deborah Blum, who won the Pulitzer Prize for The Poison Squad, calls Trusted 'a riveting and sometimes horrifying investigation ... a medical thriller packed with troubling history, first-class science, and first-class compassion for those harmed along the way'.

At the time of the events, Karen Starko was a young doctor in a male-dominated profession, worrying sometimes if she was spending enough time with her baby. Part of Trusted's appeal is its humility, its foregrounding of families and communities in the efforts to overcome scepticism and denial from powerful sections of the medical profession, government, and, of course, pharmaceutical companies. For them, it mattered much that aspirin should be seen forever to be 'as gentle as a mother's kiss'.

The American Academy of Pediatrics honored Dr Starko's work as a Milestone at the Millennium.

By: Karen Starko
Imprint: Wakefield Press
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 690g
ISBN: 9781743059579
ISBN 10: 1743059574
Publication Date: 01 January 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active