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I think there ought to be a law requiring truth in book reviewing. Too often I have read a glowing review, only to discover later and inadvertently that the reviewer was the authorâs mentor or that they have shared a summer house for years. And then there was the time that something I had written was reviewed by an archenemy, who failed to disclose that fact (even to me) before the piece was published. To be sure, reviews are usually accompanied by brief lines identifying the reviewer-Professor Smith teaches history at Bigtown University or Mr. Jones is an expert on the Chinese economy and enjoys fishing-but nothing of importance is ever revealed. What I want to know is the reviewerâs debts and biases before I read on. Let the truth be told. I am the coauthor of a rival book to that prepared by Piet Hagen. With Alvin Drake and Stan Finkelstein, colleagues at M.I.T., I have written a book entitled The American Blood Supply that covers much of the same ground and that appeared in the same year as Blood: Gift or Merchandise. If you do not buy Hagenâs book, perhaps you will buy ours. Ours is
Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law – Duke University Press
Published: Dec 1, 1984
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