The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman.(Book review)
Trial, May, 2007 by Mark, Jason
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The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman Peter Rost Soft Skull Press www.softskull.com 224 pp., $14.95
It is not unusual for plaintiff lawyers litigating pharmaceutical cases to uncover business practices that put profits over safety. We read about it in documents we discover and hear about it in testimony we take during depositions. Unfortunately, that focus on sales, not safety, is common in the marketplace controlled by big pharma.
Peter Rost, a physician and former drug company executive, knows about it, too--but at an almost incomprehensible personal and professional sacrifice. The Whistleblower: Confessions of a Healthcare Hitman could not have been easy for Rost to...
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