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Health Care & Hospital Law

Dec. 17, 2010

The High Cost of Celebrity Health Care

Why treating celebrities with addictive personalities is a risky business. By Janice R. Brenman.


By Janice R. Brenman


Stories of celebrities addicted to prescription drugs have fueled the machinery of media outlets for decades. Much like a carnival barker luring curious onlookers to a tent filled with daring trapeze artists and fire jugglers, the media circus surrounding these addicts is as sad as it is common. The public is endlessly fascinated by the downward spirals of those who have compromised their fame and fortune, due to a never ending quest to quell...

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