Controversies In Science And Technology: From Maize To Menopause - Brossura

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ISBN 10: 0299203948 ISBN 13: 9780299203948

Casa editrice: Univ of Wisconsin Pr, 2005

Riassunto

Written for general readers, teachers, journalists, and policymakers, this volume explores four controversial topics in science and technology, with commentaries from experts in such fields as sociology, religion, law, ethics, and politics:

* Antibiotics and Resistance: the science, the policy debates, and perspectives from a microbiologist, a veterinarian, and an M.D.

* Genetically Modified Maize and Gene Flow: the science of genetic modification, protecting genetic diversity, agricultural biotech vesus the environment, corporate patents versus farmers' rights

* Hormone Replacement Theory and Menopause: overview of the Women's Health Initiative, history of hormone replacement therapy, the medicalization of menopause, hormone replacement therapy and clinical trials

* Smallpox: historical and medical overview of smallpox, government policies for public health, the Emergency Health Powers Act, public resistance vs. cooperation.

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Informazioni sull?autore

Daniel Lee Kleinman is associate professor of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison and author of Impure Cultures: University Biology and the World of Commerce. Abby J. Kinchy is research assistant in rural sociology at UW–Madison. Jo Handelsman is the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Professor in the Department of Plant Pathology and codirector of the Women in Science and Engineering Leadership Institute at UW–Madison.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Univ of Wisconsin Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0299203948
• ISBN 13: 9780299203948
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 341
• Redattore: Kleinman Daniel Lee, Kinchy Abby J., Handelsman Jo
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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