Microcosms of power dynamics: The hidden world of pharmaceutical testing

Abstract

Adverse Events is the product of over a decade of work, incorporating challenging ethnographic field work with theoretical consideration. At its core, it is a book about social inequality in a disconcerting place. This book is an excellent read both for readers interested in the sociology and anthropology of healthcare and medical environment, as well as for readers with interests in labor and Critical Race and Gender Studies, who want to see how an environment traditionally imagined as ‘objective’ or ‘sterile’ is, in fact, affected by stigmas and bias. The effects—and events—are indeed adverse and serious.