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

Title
Scientific characters [electronic resource] : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research / Lisa Keränen.
Author
Keränen, Lisa.
Publication
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

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Description
1 online resource (xii, 236 p.)
Series Statement
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Uniform Title
Scientific characters (Online)
Alternative Title
Scientific characters (Online)
Subject
  • Breast > Cancer > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
  • Scientists > Professional ethics
  • Scientific surveys
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Scientists under scrutiny : the centrality of character in science-based controversy -- A beneficent healer and a career-minded falsifier? Physician-researcher role conflict and the Janus-faced Dr. Roger Poisson -- The rise, fall, and resurrection of a scientific revolutionary : competing characterizations of Dr. Bernard Fisher -- Fighting for a place at the table : women as consumers, partners, and subjects of science--and the "dark knight" who tried to "protect" them -- Recharacterizing science and public life : trust, dialogue, and citizen engagement.
LCCN
2009048780
OCLC
ssj0000474955
Author
Keränen, Lisa.
Title
Scientific characters [electronic resource] : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research / Lisa Keränen.
Imprint
Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.
Series
Rhetoric, culture, and social critique
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available onsite at NYPL
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