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Science, Politics, .......and ME: A health scandal in our generation
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'''Science, Politics, .......and ME: A health scandal in our generation''' is a book written by [[Ian Gibson]] with Elaine Sherriffs as a contributor author. Published in 2017 with the financial assistance of [[Invest in ME]], a UK research and education association and the [[European ME Alliance]]. {{Infobox book | name = Science, Politics, .......and ME: A health scandal in our generation | image = File:Science, Politics, ... and ME.png | caption = | author = [[Ian Gibson]] with Elaine Sherriffs | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = UK | language = English | subject = Health Care and politics | genre = Health Care | publisher = CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform | pub_date = 2017 | media_type = print | pages = 194 | isbn = 978-1543183788 | website = https://www.createspace.com/6943338}} ==Publisher's synopsis== ''(This synopsis was provided by the publisher for promotional purposes. For book reviews, please see Links section below.)'' Few diseases can have been so maligned by false information, so manipulated by an insidious establishment-controlled ideology, or so poorly dealt with by those holding the purse-strings for research into the disease, than [[Myalgic Encephalomyelitis]] (ME). This book examines a scandal in our generation - a scandal still being played out by corrupt, apathetic, inept or ignorant attitudes in governments and Medical Research Councils and health services. One of the authors (Dr [[Ian Gibson]]) in his ' Retirement' has written this book with a political friend (Elaine Sherriffs). Ian Gibson has a passing interest in the current political scene across the world and regularly speaks on these issues. When it comes to universal health, he has pointed out on many occasions that governments often ignore scientific evidence. [[myalgic encephalomyelitis|ME]], as described in the book, is a major problem where evidence is relegated to psychiatric explanations. It is a desperate need for scientists as far as health issues are concerned to look for biomedical evidence and ME is a major example. This book describes the political manoeuvring which features just like those in the TV programme The House of Cards in the USA & the UK which described the games that are played in both parliaments. He has previously addressed these problems in an early book in 1981 - called 'Class, Health & Profit'. Ian and Elaine have penetrated the murky world of politics which features in the world of ME. It is long past the time to treat this as a serious illness and the need for serious biomedical research. This will only come about when politicians and the media stop trivialising the illness. Science, Politics ...... and ME is a book which will serve as a reference for the dark times, when patients were ill-served by the clash of interests between truths and untruths. It is also a book which comes at a time where a brighter future may be in the making for people with ME and their families.<ref>{{Cite book | title = Science, Politics, .......and ME: A health scandal in our generation | last = Gibson | first=Ian | last2 = Sherriffs | first2 = Elaine|publisher=CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform| year = 2017|isbn=978-1543183788|editor-link=|location=|pages=|chapter=|quote= | author-link = Ian Gibson|editor-last2=|editor-link2=}}</ref> ==Online presence== *[https://www.createspace.com/6943338 CreateSpace Publishers] *[https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1543183786/ Amazon] ==Learn more== *[http://future.cofeforme.eu/IIME-Newslet-1508-01.shtml Invest in ME page on book] ==See also== *[[Ian Gibson]] *[[Invest in ME]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:Books]] [[Category:English books]] [[Category:Health care and politics books]]
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