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Ben Goldacre
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Ben Goldacre is a British physician, academic and science writer whose work examines evidence-based medicine, scientific claims and pharmaceutical industry practices.
Biography
Ben Goldacre is a British physician, academic and science writer. He is the first Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and directs the Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science at the University of Oxford. He helped found AllTrials and OpenTrials, initiatives seeking to make open science practices a requirement in clinical trials.
From 2003 to 2011, Goldacre wrote The Guardian’s Bad Science column. His book Bad Science critiques irrationality and certain forms of alternative medicine, while Bad Pharma examines pharmaceutical publishing, marketing and relationships with the medical profession. His other books include the journalism collection I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That and Statins, which addresses evidence-based medicine. He also frequently gives free talks about bad science.
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Books by Ben Goldacre
I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That
I Think You'll Find It's a Bit More Complicated Than That collects selected journalism by Ben Goldacre on medicine and science.