Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research? - Couverture souple

Krimsky, Sheldon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0742543714 ISBN 13 : 9780742543713

Editeur : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2004

Synopsis

Something has changed in the culture and values of academic science over the last quarter-century. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. How can an academic scientist honor knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to generate wealth? Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. This book dives unhesitatingly into some of modern science's messiest and most urgent questions. How did scientists begin choosing proprietary gain over the pursuit of knowledge? What effects have academic-corporate partnerships had on the quality and integrity of science? And, most importantly, how does this affect the public?

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Ralph Nader has written, co-authored, and sponsored dozens of books, including Action for Change, The Big Boys: Power and Position in American Business, Canada Firsts, Taming the Giant Corporation, Verdicts on Lawyers, The Menace of Atomic Energy, Who's Poisoning America, Winning the Insurance Game, The Frugal Shopper, and his bestelling exposé of the auto industry, Unsafe at Any Speed. When not heading up the Green Party, he runs his advocacy work through the numerous citizen groups he has founded.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0742543714
• ISBN 13: 9780742543713
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 272
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible