Bibliograph

Bad medicine, catching New York's deadliest pill pusher, Charlotte Bismuth

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Bad medicine, catching New York's deadliest pill pusher, Charlotte Bismuth

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-344) and index

Illustrations

platesillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bad medicine

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Charlotte Bismuth

Sub title

catching New York's deadliest pill pusher

Summary

"In 2010, a brave whistleblower alerted the police to Dr. Stan Li's corrupt pain management clinic in Queens, New York. Li spent years supplying more than seventy patients a day with oxycodone and Xanax, trading prescriptions for cash. Emergency room doctors, psychiatrists, and desperate family members warned him that his patients were at risk of death but he would not stop. In Bad Medicine, former prosecutor Charlotte Bismuth meticulously recounts the jaw dropping details of this criminal case that would span four years, culminating in a landmark trial. As a new assistant district attorney and single mother, Bismuth worked tirelessly with her team to bring Dr. Li to justice. Bad Medicine is a chilling story of corruption and greed and an important look at the role individual doctors play in America's opioid epidemic."

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