Sheldon Krimsky

Science in the Private Interest

Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. August 2003
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 161mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 481g
• ISBN-13: 9780742514799
• ISBN-10: 074251479X
• Artikelnr.: 22129097

Autorenporträt

Sheldon Krimsky is professor of urban and environmental policy and planning at Tufts University. He is the author of six books and over 100 essays and reviews.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1 Foreword Chapter 2 Introduction Chapter 3 Stories of the Unholy
Alliance Chapter 4 University-Industry Collaborations Chapter 5 Knowledge
as Property Chapter 6 The Changing Ethos of Science Chapter 7 The
Redemption of Federal Advisory Committees Chapter 8 Professors Incorporated
Chapter 9 Conflicts of Interest Chapter 10 A Question of Bias Chapter 11
The Scientific Journals Chapter 12 The Demise of Public Science Chapter 13
Prospects for a New Moral Sensibility in Academia Chapter 14 Conclusion:
Reinvesting in Public Interest Science