Powerful Medicines by Jerry Avorn

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Powerful Medicines by Jerry Avorn

April Chen is happily planning to go away to college, and she has a great new boyfriend, Steve. But as the only girl in her family, April is expected to take care of her grandmother. And Grandma, the Dragon Lady, hates Steve and has other plans for April. Torn between her duty to her family and her desire for independence, April realizes she must find a way to define herself on her own terms.
Includes a reader's guide.
Jerry Avorn, M.D., is an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and chief of the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. An internist, geriatrician, and drug researcher, he is the author of more than two hundred papers in the medical literature on medication use and its outcomes, and one of the most frequently cited researchers in the fields of social science and medicine.
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ISBN 13 9780375414831
ISBN 10 0375414835
Title Powerful Medicines
Author Jerry Avorn
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Random House USA Inc
Year published 2004-08-17
Number of pages 464
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.