User:Krstrekh/Evaluate an Article

Which article are you evaluating?
Bad Pharma

Why you have chosen this article to evaluate?
(Briefly explain why you chose it, why it matters, and what your preliminary impression of it was.)

I chose to evaluate it because this was similar to a topic we discussed in class. It matters because Bad Pharma plays a huge role in our health care systems. People getting sloppy trials, overly expensive medicine, and not the correct treatments all plays into the reason we cannot trust our healthcare systems. My impression has stayed the same for a while. None of this surprises me, especially here in America. We have a health care system that cares more about money than actually helping people.

Evaluate the article
The lead section is laid out very well. He cites the book well and gives a brief introduction to what it is about. He also gives details about the Author and his experiences to lay out his public reputation. This article does mainly focus in highly talked about points, so it odors not offer much diversity to wiki. Not implying that we should not talk about past and modern day medicine, however, it would have been nice to see some other points. For instance, instead of implying that the answer to all these problems is better data, you should go into what everyday people or doctors could do to help Big Pharma. Yes, trials can be better and people can ask to know all information, but they should not have to do this. It would be nice to see more sources, not just the book. It would help verify both he Author of the book and your article.