Science on trial : the clash of medical evidence and the law in the breast implant case
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KF1297.B74 A96 1996
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KF1297.B74 A96 1996
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| General Shelving - 3rd Floor | KF1297.B74 A96 1996 | On Shelf |
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44.02 philosophy and ethics of medicine.
86.66 health care law, law of patients.
Bewijs (wetenschap)
Biomaterialen.
Breast Implants
Breast Implants -- adverse effects
Complicaties.
Dow Corning.
Gezondheidsrecht.
Implantatie.
Jurisprudence
law codes.
Legislation
Liability, Legal
Lois et codes.
Mammacorrecties.
Mayo Clinic Study.
Nurses' Health Study.
Productaansprakelijkheid.
Prothèses mammaires -- Complications et séquelles.
Prothèses mammaires -- Complications.
Prothèses mammaires -- Droit -- États-Unis.
Prothèses mammaires.
Responsabilité du fait des produits -- Prothèses mammaires -- États-Unis.
statutes.
United States
United States. -- Food and Drug Administration.
Women's Health Cohort Study.
86.66 health care law, law of patients.
Bewijs (wetenschap)
Biomaterialen.
Breast Implants
Breast Implants -- adverse effects
Complicaties.
Dow Corning.
Gezondheidsrecht.
Implantatie.
Jurisprudence
law codes.
Legislation
Liability, Legal
Lois et codes.
Mammacorrecties.
Mayo Clinic Study.
Nurses' Health Study.
Productaansprakelijkheid.
Prothèses mammaires -- Complications et séquelles.
Prothèses mammaires -- Complications.
Prothèses mammaires -- Droit -- États-Unis.
Prothèses mammaires.
Responsabilité du fait des produits -- Prothèses mammaires -- États-Unis.
statutes.
United States
United States. -- Food and Drug Administration.
Women's Health Cohort Study.
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
256 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-245) and index.
Description
When the FDA banned silicone gel-filled breast implants in 1992, it was responding to mounting concerns that they caused autoimmune and connective tissue disease. The ban triggered a torrent of litigation, as women by the thousands sued breast-implant manufacturers. Sympathetic juries awarded huge damages, leading to a $4.25 billion class-action settlement that still wasn't large enough to cover all the claims. Shockingly, rigorous scientific studies of breast implants.
Description
Then began to show that there is no significant link between breast implants and disease. Why were the courts and the public so certain that breast implants were dangerous when medical researchers were not? The answer to this question reveals important differences in the way science, the law, and the public regard evidence - and not just in the breast-implant controversy. As our society becomes ever more dependent, at all levels, on science and technology, misconceptions.
Description
About scientific evidence become an increasing danger to the public good - with consequences that extend far beyond the question of whether silicone gel-filled breast implants are safe.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Angell, M. (1996). Science on trial: the clash of medical evidence and the law in the breast implant case . W.W. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Angell, Marcia. 1996. Science On Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case. London ; New York: W.W. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Angell, Marcia. Science On Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case London ; New York: W.W. Norton, 1996.
Harvard Citation (style guide)Angell, M. (1996). Science on trial: the clash of medical evidence and the law in the breast implant case. London ; New York: W.W. Norton.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Angell, Marcia. Science On Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case W.W. Norton, 1996.
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