Science on Trial

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

Autor: Marcia Angell

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Editura: WW Norton & Co

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When the FDA banned silicone gel-filled breast implants in 1992, it was responding to mounting conce...

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Autor

Marcia Angell

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

1998

Pagini

270

EAN

9780393316728

ISBN

0393316726

Enbook ID

04877038

Editura

WW Norton & Co

Greutate

338

Dimensiuni

140 x 211 x 18

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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 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 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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