Scientific characters : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research

Scientific characters : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research / Lisa Keränen.

Scientific Characters chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: "Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade." In the aftermath of this dramatic...

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Main Author: Keränen, Lisa (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2010.
Series:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Subjects:
Breast > Cancer > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
Scientists > Professional ethics.
Scientific surveys.
Professional ethics.
professional ethics.
MEDICAL > Ethics.
Professional ethics
Breast > Cancer > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Scientific surveys
Scientists > Professional ethics
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Summary:Scientific Characters chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: "Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade." In the aftermath of this dramatic news, Dr. Bernard Fisher, the eminent oncologist and celebrated pioneer of breast cancer research, came under intense scrutiny following allegations that one of his investigators falsified data in landmark breast cancer research. Although he was eventually cleared of all.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xii, 236 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817384913
081738491X
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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