Science and society

Masterful

essay

Masterful essay, full of fierce and ruthless irony, is an absolute comedic masterpiece that cuts deep into the skin of the medical academic class. (Paolo Cornaglia Ferraris, Medicus Medicorum – Health, La Repubblica)

A flavorful book, which I read with great pleasure. (Antonio Tabucchi, great Italian novelist)

A text that meditates playfully, and some chapters may leave many readers usefully bewildered. (Nadia Francia, Annals of the Superior Institute of Health)

Pleasantly ironic, this brief essay is embellished with prose speckled with aphorisms that are often hilarious. It provides a glimpse into the tough life of a biomedical researcher.

One of Italy’s most famous cardiologists in the world describes in a biting pamphlet the vices of academic life. (Giovanni Morandi, Quotidiano Nazionale)

A book that reflects the author’s personality, with his intelligence, his lightness, and his aesthetic sense of freedom. (Alberto Malliani, superstar of cardiology)

LA DURA VITA DEL BEATO PORCO

The tough life of the blessed pig: careers, chairs, and competitions in the world of knowledge
A book by Eugenio Picano
166 pages
Second Edition: 2007
Il Pensiero Scientifico Publisher, Roma, Italy

The culture

of waste

The culture of waste dominates modern healthcare. The more tests are performed, the better it is believed to cure or be cured. And so resources are consumed with reckless arrogance, to the exclusive benefit of the healthcare industry. Waste has ended up generating unsustainable costs, inequity, and social distress. Written 20 years ago with the best-selling author Paolo Cornaglia-Ferraris, and still valid today in the post-pandemic era.

MALATI DI SPRECO

Less with more: the health care paradox
A book by Paolo Cornaglia-Ferraris and Eugenio Picano
192 pages
First Edition: 2004
Laterza Publisher, Bari, Italy