The Role Of Scandal In The Healthcare Industry

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What do you think of when you hear the word scandal? Maybe the television show, Maybe a scandal that happened in your favorite sports league, Scandals happen everywhere and I am here to show you some of the biggest scandals to happen in the healthcare industry, Before the nineteen fifties. In nineteen thirty seven there was an Elixir Sulfanilamide Mass poisoning in the united states this was before the federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act (FDCA) came into effect in nineteen thirty eight, Over 100 people were poisoned and died when sulfanilamide, an antibiotic, was dissolved in diethylene glycol (DEG) and marketed as Elixir Sulfanilamide. Despite reports indicating that DEG was dangerous to humans, such information was not widely known about,

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