UID:
almahu_9948025642002882
Format:
1 online resource (269 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
1-282-95398-2
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9786612953989
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0-08-092029-2
Content:
Of great utility for every scientist faced with publicizing their discoveries via the media, this book addresses questions of responsibility for the balance and accuracy of scientific reporting and attempts to be a guide for the scientist in the quest to inform the general public about research in honest, truthful, and still interesting ways. Case studies by high-profile scholars in the fields of bioethics, medical journal editing, science journalism, philosophy of science, history of medicine, public health, and philosophy of religion illustrate positions and points of view and offer unique p
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Description based upon print version of record.
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Front Cover; Science and the Media: Delgado's Brave Bulls and the Ethics of Scientific Disclosure; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: The Ethics of Scientific Disclosure; 1 Public trust in science; 2 Lessons from recent history; Section 1 Historical and Contemporary Vignettes; Chapter 2 Medicine, Media, and the Dramaturgy of Biomedical Research: Historical Perspectives; 1 Précis; 2 The germs race and the advent of biomedical breakthroughs; 3 Fashioning research heroes; 4 Microbe hunting in Hollywood; 5 Great moments
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Chapter 3 Delgado's Brave Bulls: The Marketing of a Seductive Idea and a Lesson for Contemporary Biomedical Research1 José M.R. Delgado; 2 Delgado's brave bulls ""experiment""; 3 Electrical stimulation of the caudate nucleus; 4 The reporting of the Brave Bulls demonstration; 5 The urge to simplify complex and confusing research; 6 The social impact of misrepresenting scientific results; Chapter 4 Adrenal Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease; Chapter 5 The Use of SSRIs in the Treatment of Childhood Depression: A Scientific Dialectic; 1 Introduction; 2 The thesis; 3 Antithesis; 4 Synthesis
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Chapter 6 Media Coverage of Stem Cell Research1 Scientists, journalists and the practice of journalistic framing; 2 Some recent work by Advanced Cell Technology; 3 Neuron replacement in Hopkins rats; 4 So what for ethics?; 5 Scientific press releases and the media; 5.1 What's wrong with hype?; Section 2 Secondary Gain and the Misreporting of Science: The Current Controversy Regarding Industry Funding of Clinical Research; Chapter 7 Medicine's Obsession with Disclosure of Financial Conflicts: Fixing the Wrong Problem; 1 The brouhaha over failures to disclose
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2 The causal connection: from conflicts to bias3 How extensive are financial conflicts?; 4 Why should I disclose? I can't be bought; 5 You can be bought but you're not aware of it; 6 Does the amount of payment matter?; 7 Why focus only on financial conflicts?; 8 What's wrong with disclosure of financial conflicts?; 9 Could disclosure actually make the problem worse?; 10 Why does it matter?; 11 If not disclosure, what?; Chapter 8 In Support of Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research; 1 Disease knowledge; 2 How is clinical research conducted?; 3 Regulatory drivers; 4 Commercial drivers
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5 Regional needs6 Pricing and reimbursement; 7 Attrition; 8 Adding to the body of knowledge; 9 Is the clinical research budget sustainable?; 10 Who are the beneficiaries of sponsored research?; 11 Fraud in clinical research; 12 Conflict of interest; 13 What would happen in a world without industry-sponsored clinical research?; 14 Use of new technology; 15 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; Section 3 Social Pressures that Impact on How Science is Reported; Chapter 9 Prevailing Truth: The Interface Between Religion and Science; 1 Précis; 2 Oscillation and divergence; 3 Toward modern science
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4 Playing God
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-12-373679-X
Language:
English
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