Science on Trial: Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

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

Introduced in 1962, silicone breast implants had been used by between one and two million women by the time they were virtually banned in 1992 by David A. Kessler of the Food and Drug Administration. While the ban came about because manufacturers had failed to demonstrate the safety of the devices, Marcia Angell, executive editor of The New England Journal of Medicine, argues that there actually was no medical consensus to support the contention that implants could cause widespread illness. Science on Trial examines the silicone debate and argues for the reliance on scientific evidence "to curb the greed, fear and self-indulgence" of such disputes.Read More

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    An expert in the medical field uses the breast implant controversy to discuss the consequences of society's increasing dependence on technology and the resulting confusion over what scientific evidence means in terms of health and justice.

  • 0393039730
  • 9780393039733
  • M Angell
  • 2 January 1997
  • W. W. Norton & Co.
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 256
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