Hazardous to Our Health?: FDA Regulation of Health Care Products

by Paul H. Rubin, Ronald W. Hansen, Robert Higgs

Some have described the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) as a scientific bureaucracy with police powers. Does a "cult of infallibility" exist within the FDA, leading to decisions that are contrary to the best interests of patients and their physicians? The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one of the most powerful of federal regulatory agencies, if not the most powerful. It regulates over 25% of all consumer goods sold in the United States...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0945999410
• ISBN13: 9780945999416
• Release Date: February 1995
• Publisher: Independent Institute
• Length: 113 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 8.9"