Truth, lies, and public health : how we are affected when science and politics collide / Madelon Lub...
Truth, lies, and public health : how we are affected when science and politics collide / Madelon Lub...
Truth, lies, and public health : how we are affected when science and politics collide / Madelon Lubin Finkel.
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Date
2007.
Call Numbers
N362.10973/69
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Language
English
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Physical content
xx, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Contents
About politics and science -- The politics of contraception -- The global AIDS epidemic: could it have been prevented? / with Sandra Demars -- The stem cell controversy: navigating a sea of ethics, politics, and science / with Ryan Cauley -- Marijuana as medicine: science versus politics -- The quin...
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Publisher
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2007.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
2007.
Subjects
Subject Keywords
- Health Policy--United States
- Biomedical Research--legislation & jurisprudence--United States
- Communicable Disease Control--legislation & jurisprudence--United States
- Politics--United States
- Public Health--legislation & jurisprudence--United States
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Summary
"The "politicalization" of research findings has become prevalent over the past two decades. Politics often prevents the implementation of policy supported by irrefutable science. Most of us understand something about how this is happening with stem cell research, but Madelon Finkel delves deep into the subject to make the broader issues clear, rev...
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Truth, lies, and public health : how we are affected when science and politics collide / Madelon Lubin Finkel.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Other version (online)
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N362.10973/69
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74VKzLEbVba3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKzLEbVba3
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ISBN
0275991288 (alk. paper)
9780275991289 (alk. paper)
DDC
362.10973
MMS ID
991023471609702626
