Topic: Carl Elliott

How PR trumps trust in modern medicine

Seeking to expand the market for cigarettes in the 1920s, the American Tobacco Company solicited the aid of public relations mastermind Edward L. Bernays. But as bioethicist Carl Elliott shows in White Coat, Black Hat, Bernays's strategy guides the tactics used ...

Health Blog Q&A: ‘White Coat, Black Hat’ Author Carl Elliott

You can tell from its title that physician/philosopher/journalist Carl Elliott's latest book, "White Coat, Black Hat: Adventures on the Dark Side of Medicine," is not a feel-good story about the triumphs of the U.S. medical system. Instead, Elliott ...