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Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Marcia Angell
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Description for Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Paperback. "An accessible, passionate indictment of the ignorance, opportunism and social indifference that enriched lawyers and a few plaintiffs, though the available scientific evidence was against them." -New York Times Book Review, Notable Books of 1996 Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSJ1; LAY; LNTJ; MBQ; MNP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
In the early 1990s, sympathetic juries awarded huge damages to women claiming injury from silicone breast implants, 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 have now shown 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. ... Read more
In the early 1990s, sympathetic juries awarded huge damages to women claiming injury from silicone breast implants, 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 have now shown 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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
270
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393316728
SKU
V9780393316728
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About Marcia Angell
Marcia Angell is the executive editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Reviews for Science on Trial: The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
"[A] sober and rigorous examination of the controversy over silicone breast implants . . . an important statement, not just about silicone implants, but about other matters at the intersection of law, science, and opinion. [Dr. Angell’s] book is . . . a warning that rationality, like much else in the fragile porcelain of society, can be weakened by lack ... Read more