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Silent Shock

The Men Behind the Thalidomide Scandal and an Australian Family's Long Road to Justice

ISBN-13: 9781922182098

Contributor(s): Michael Magazanik

Subject: Medicine

Publisher Imprint: Text Publishing Company

Publication Date: 30-06-2016

Format: Paperback

Availability: Out of stock

£12.99

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About the book

Lyn Rowe was born in Melbourne in 1962, seven months after her mother Wendy was given a new 'wonder drug' for morning sickness called thalidomide. In 2011 Rowe launched a legal claim against the thalidomide companies. Against the odds, she won a multimillion-dollar settlement. Former journalist Michael Magazanik is one of the lawyers who ran Lyn's case; In Silent Shock he exposes a 50-year cover up concerning history's most notorious drug, and details not only the damning case against manufacturers but also the moving story of the Rowe family.