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Deadly Monopolies

The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself-And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future

Deadly Monopolies( )
Author: Washington, Harriet A.
ISBN:978-0-385-52892-4
Publication Date:Oct 2011
Publisher:Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Imprint:Doubleday
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $52.99
Book Description:

From the award-winning author of Medical Apartheid, an exposé of the rush to own and exploit the raw materials of life--including yours. Think your body is your own to control and dispose of as you wish? Think again. The United States Patent Office has granted at least 40,000 patents on genes controlling the most basic processes of human life, and more are pending. If you undergo surgery in many hospitals you must sign away ownership rights to your excised...
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Book Details
Pages:448
Detailed Subjects: Business & Economics / Industries / Pharmaceutical & Biotechnology
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.256 x 24.384 x 3.81 cm
Book Weight:0.739 Kilograms



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