Science on Trial The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case

Name: Science on Trial The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
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ISBN: 9780393316728

ISBN-10: 0393316726

ISBN-13: 9780393316728

Edition: N/A

Authors: Marcia Angell

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List price: $21.95
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 11/17/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 270
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.30" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Marcia Angell is the executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Breast Implant Story: Once Over Lightly



Breast Implants: What They Are and Who Has Them



The FDA Ban on Implants: Regulation in Modern America



The Rush to Court: Litigation and More Litigation



Scientific Evidence: What It Is and Where It Comes From



Science in the Courtroom: Opinions without Evidence



Greed and Corruption: All That Free Money



Americans and Health News: The Alarm of the Day



Breast Implants and the Rejection of Science: Other Ways of Knowing



Where We Stand ... and for How Long


Notes


Index