The right to try : how the federal government prevents Americans from getting the life-saving treatments they need /: how the federal government prevents Americans from getting the life-saving treatments they need. ([2015])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Darcy Olsen.
• Authors: Olsen, Darcy
• Contents: Introduction: Meet Lazarus : the first man in medical history to survive Lou Gehrig's Disease -- Sophie's choice : how the FDA let a mother save one son ... and left her other son to die -- Five thousand miles for a cure : how one American family moved overseas to save their dying son -- Making medical miracles : the cutting-edge cancer killers you can't get yet -- What Steve Jobs saw : how the FDA stops American doctors from using a proven cancer treatment -- Inside man : how one biotech CEO came to champion the Right To Try -- We are the 99 percent : how Right To Try has taken America by storm -- Compassionate use : the mythical unicorn -- Would you use a fifteen-year-old cell phone? : how to get American medicine back on top -- If you have the right to die, you should have the right to try -- Where do I start? : a step-by-step guide to seeking an investigational treatment -- Afterword : Everyone deserves the Right To Try: an update on Jean McNary. Ted Harada, and Diego Morris.
• Publisher Details: New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
• Publication Date: 2015
• Copyright Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 311 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations
• Subjects: 363.1946; Political Science -- Public Policy -- General; Patients -- Civil rights -- United States; Clinical trials -- United States; Clinical trials; Patients -- Civil rights; United States; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062407542; 0062407546
• Related ISBNs: 9780062407528; 006240752X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-300) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.