- Pandora's Box: the Changing Aspects of a Mythical Symbol (1956) (with Dora Panofsky)
- 『パンドラの箱 — 神話の一象徴の変貌』 ドラ・パノフスキーと共著、阿天坊耀ほか訳、美術出版社、1975年
這本小說還沒去立讀
姑且剪貼一番
在Amazon可以讀到摘要
第7 頁有句
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| "... .. When you make a plan, there are no shades of gray. After the plan's executed, there's no black and white. ..." | |
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| "... "The Bureau just can't suffer another embarrassment-our reputation's on the line here. This one needs to be watertight: executed with discretion and precision. The people under you are on a need-to-know basis. ..." |
【聯合晚報╱劉梅君 (台灣醫療改革基金會執行長、國立政治大學勞工研究所教授) /記者黃玉芳整理】
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作者：詹姆斯．薛利丹
出版社：三采文化
定價：320元
這是一本很引人入勝、欲罷不能的懸疑小說。除了情節看頭十足，這本小說藉著懸疑情節的鋪陳，揭露出來資本主義這套政治經濟社會體系的幽暗面，更讓人驚悚與震慄。
過去二十年世界經濟遭逢巨大的變動，無論讀者個人的意識型態為何，或對「全球化」一詞的定義及理解為何，大概都不得不承認跨國大企業在其中的支配地位與影響力。
製藥這個產業，在全球政治經濟的舞台上一直佔有顯著位置，動輒百億、千億計的市場，讓國際大藥廠為維護既得利益或潛在利益，而使出激烈的攻防保衛戰。
其中有多少「不能說的秘密」攸關著生民百姓的死生與苦痛？做為局外人的我們無緣親窺，所幸這幾年來已陸續有人開始挑戰這龐大的利益集團，揭開其中的一些內幕與迷思。
如德國醫藥記者Jorg Blech的力作：「發明疾病的人」及「無效的醫療」、美國一位醫師Marcia Angell的「藥廠黑幕」、以及出生美國，長期居住澳洲的暢銷作家Jeffery Robinson 的「一顆價值十億的藥丸：人命與金錢的交易」。
這些著作詳細地剖析現代醫藥產業如何運用科學權威，與操弄實證研究，製造出令人憂心的「疾病」名稱與源源不絕的醫藥需求，精彩地揭露出醫藥科學所建構出來的疾病迷障與醫療陷阱。
儘管這本小說的懸疑情節有若干虛構性，但不容否認的是，「潘朵拉處方」再度精彩地將大藥廠為確保一己私利不擇手段的惡劣勾當，活靈活現的展現出來。
這些現象已經存在了許久，也必將繼續存在，只要醫藥產業選擇走營利的路，服膺資本邏輯，那麼這些醫藥黑幕醜聞仍將繼續上演，只不過戲碼不同而已。
台灣是不是存在類似的黑幕？可能有讀者很感興趣會問，但這個問題的探究與否，其實已非重點，因為這些醫藥界所爆發出來的醜聞，老實說是病徵，唯有找到病灶，才能一勞永逸地讓這些令人扼腕憤怒的事情不再出現。
容我大膽地說，病灶就在醫藥產業的營利化與商品化，當利潤率成為念茲在茲的目標時，我們如何期望「病人中心」的醫療核心價值能有生存的空間呢？
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The Pandora PrescriptionJames Sheridan
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Product Description
The pharmaceutical giants have a big skeleton in their closet and will fight tooth and nail to keep it there. Author Dan Travis, notorious unsolved mystery specialist, is on another book tour when a cryptic message from a desperate stranger blows his life apart. He is sucked into a silent war which hinges on an incriminating data file. Finding it is Travis's only hope for surviving a deadly chase across America. But to find its location, Travis must discover the link between the biggest medical cover-up in history and the greatest assassination conspiracy of the twentieth century. The key lies within a secret underground of doctors sworn to an ancient oath. When the solution is the problem, which side will YOU be on? The facts behind the fiction will blow you away.
"I could not put it down. Behind this breakneck-speed story lies a sobering message for us all."— Jonathan Javitt, M.D., Adjunct professor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
"Just when I thought I was ahead of him, Sheridan expertly yanked another rug. Shocks, re-shocks and goosebumps! The Pandora Prescription is a big winner."— Thomas B. Sawyer, Award winning screenwriter and bestselling Author, The Sixteenth Man
“To the best of our knowledge, we have never known of a petition signed by thousands of people to ensure a book would not be banned.” — American Library Association in reference to The Pandora Prescription
“The facts behind the fiction create a rollercoaster, page-turning thriller. Highly recommended.” — USA BOOKNEWS
“Award-winning copywriter James Sheridan presents The Pandora Prescription, a suspenseful novel about a deadly secret kept by giant pharmaceutical companies, and the ruthless lengths to which they will go to protect it. Well-known author Dan Travis is on a book tour when a mysterious message from a stranger in distress changes his life forever. Drawn irrevocably into a secretive war, his only hope for survival is to find an incriminating data file before time runs out. The quest to uncover a link between a remorseless medical cover-up and a massive assassination conspiracy will take him across the country, and amid a hidden society of doctors who swore an ancient oath. A captivating, tautly written thriller for the twenty-first century.” — Michael Dunford, The Midwest Book Review, MBR Bookwatch: February 2008
"Just when I thought I was ahead of him, Sheridan expertly yanked another rug. Shocks, re-shocks and goosebumps! The Pandora Prescription is a big winner."— Thomas B. Sawyer, Award winning screenwriter and bestselling Author, The Sixteenth Man
“To the best of our knowledge, we have never known of a petition signed by thousands of people to ensure a book would not be banned.” — American Library Association in reference to The Pandora Prescription
“The facts behind the fiction create a rollercoaster, page-turning thriller. Highly recommended.” — USA BOOKNEWS
“Award-winning copywriter James Sheridan presents The Pandora Prescription, a suspenseful novel about a deadly secret kept by giant pharmaceutical companies, and the ruthless lengths to which they will go to protect it. Well-known author Dan Travis is on a book tour when a mysterious message from a stranger in distress changes his life forever. Drawn irrevocably into a secretive war, his only hope for survival is to find an incriminating data file before time runs out. The quest to uncover a link between a remorseless medical cover-up and a massive assassination conspiracy will take him across the country, and amid a hidden society of doctors who swore an ancient oath. A captivating, tautly written thriller for the twenty-first century.” — Michael Dunford, The Midwest Book Review, MBR Bookwatch: February 2008
Product Description
The pharmaceutical giants have a big skeleton in their closet and will fight tooth and nail to keep it there. Author Dan Travis, notorious unsolved mystery specialist, is on another book tour when a cryptic message from a desperate stranger blows his life apart. He is sucked into a silent war which hinges on an incriminating data file. Finding it is Travis's only hope for surviving a deadly chase across America. But to find its location, Travis must discover the link between the biggest medical cover-up in history and the greatest assassination conspiracy of the twentieth century. The key lies within a secret underground of doctors sworn to an ancient oath. When the solution is the problem, which side will YOU be on? The facts behind the fiction will blow you away.