--- title: "4 John Abramson Quotes - Famous Physician" description: "Author, physician... | John David Abramson is an American physician and the author of the book Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicin..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/john-abramson-70948_blood-pressure_you-don-t-like-the-way-the-study-of-an-e_147273.jpg" --- # John Abramson Physician **4** quotes in **7** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Abramson is a physician. ## Quick Facts About John Abramson Profession Physician ## About John Abramson Author, physician... \| John David Abramson is an American physician and the author of the book Overdosed America: The Broken Promise of American Medicine. He has worked as a family doctor in Appalachia and in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and has served as chairman of the department of family practice at Lahey Clinic. He was a ## Quotes by John Abramson > [“You don't like the way the study of an expensive drug for blood pressure is going? A nonissue - just stop the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abramson/you-don-t-like-the-way-the-study-of-an-expensive-drug-for-blood/) [John Abramson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abramson/) [Blood pressure](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blood-pressure/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62c/john-abramson-70948_blood-pressure_you-don-t-like-the-way-the-study-of-an-e_147273.jpg) > [“Flexner's good intentions had laid the groundwork for the specialty- and research-dominated system of medical education that still stands- the more prestigious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abramson/flexner-s-good-intentions-had-laid-the-groundwork-for-the-specialty/) [John Abramson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abramson/) [Education](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/education/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b2a/john-abramson-70948_education_flexner-s-good-intentions-had-laid-the-g_398855.jpg) > [“Most of all, immunize yourself from the drug companies efforts to convince you that you desperately need their advertised products. If you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abramson/most-of-all-immunize-yourself-from-the-drug-companies-efforts-to/) [John Abramson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abramson/) [Drug](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/drug/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bd/john-abramson-70948_drug_most-of-all-immunize-yourself-from-the-d_2534579.jpg) > [ “In 1955, amid the great fanfare that accompanied the initial release of the \[polio\] vaccine, Dr. Jonas Salk was asked who owned… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-abramson/in-1955-amid-the-great-fanfare-that-accompanied-the-initial-release/) [John Abramson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abramson/) [Patent](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/patent/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bcd/john-abramson-70948_patent_in-1955-amid-the-great-fanfare-that-acco_3116656.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-abramson/#itemlist", "name": "John Abramson Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“You don't like the way the study of an expensive drug for blood pressure is going? 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