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Trained in oxford and london, with brief forays into academia, goldacre works fulltime for the national health service. If you want to get a feel for the material before buying, ben goldacre s blog, also named bad science, will give you a feel. Quacks, hacks, and big pharma flacks by ben goldacre. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title bad science. Ben goldacre is a doctor, writer, broadcaster and academic who specialises in unpicking dodgy scientific claims from drug companies, newspapers, government reports, pr people and quacks.
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