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Priti Krishtel Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Priti Krishtel is a health justice lawyer Public Speaker | 2022 MacArthur Fellow | Health justice advocate (Pronounced PrEE-th-EE)

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Book Cover for: Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent, Harriet A. Washington

Carte Blanche: The Erosion of Medical Consent

Harriet A. Washington
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

If anyone wants to know more about systemic racism, the history of clinical trials and informed consent, read @haw95’s book

Paperback, 2021

$15.99$7.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, Shobita Parthasarathy

Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe

Shobita Parthasarathy
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

My favorite book: Patent Politics. Shows why the patent system has deliberately been constructed to exclude the public. Our next big project is to change that!

Paperback, 2020

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines, Alexander Zaitchik

Owning the Sun: A People's History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to Covid-19 Vaccines

Alexander Zaitchik
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

I would have liked to see @nytimes excerpt 2000 words from Alex Zaitchik’s new book “Owning the Sun” about monopoly medicine instead 🤷🏽‍♀️ https://twitter.com/TimothyWSchwab/status/1515745022758592526

Paperback, 2023

$17.95$8.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future, Harriet A. Washington

Deadly Monopolies: The Shocking Corporate Takeover of Life Itself--And the Consequences for Your Health and Our Medical Future

Harriet A. Washington
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

Her 2011 book Deadly Monopolies is, unsurprisingly, my favorite and should serve as a guide for the next gen of #access2meds activists. She peels back the layers of the drug development system and reveals why private interests - universities included - have far too much power.

Paperback, 2012

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Roald Dahl
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

I just played my 4 year old the audiobook version of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and now having a 🤯moment realizing that the story is actually about intellectual property.

Paperback, 2007

$8.99$4.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove, Cathy Erway

The Art of Eating In: How I Learned to Stop Spending and Love the Stove

Cathy Erway
Priti KrishtelPriti Krishtel

Food + family today reminds me of this book by @cathyerway. The best books are the ones you revisit year after year. Foodie friends I highly recommend this one if you haven’t read it already!

Paperback, 2011

$24.00$12.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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