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Science on Trial : The Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case by Marcia Angell (1997, Trade Paperback)

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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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Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393316726
ISBN-13
9780393316728
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Author
Marcia Angell
Publication Name
Science on Trial : the Clash of Medical Evidence and the Law in the Breast Implant Case
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
1997
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
270 Pages

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0.8in
Item Height
0.1in
Item Width
0.6in
Item Weight
11.9 Oz

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Lc Classification Number
Kf1297.B74a96 1997
Reviews
[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 of vigilance., Marcia Angell's outstanding book explains clearly and fairly the combination of greed, fear, ignorance, junk science, and media hype that created this national litigation nightmare. Everyone interested in the tort system, science, and medicine should heed the lessons that Dr. Angell teaches., An indispensable guide to the breast implant madness--litigation that will forever stand as a monument to the inability of our civil justice system to sort out latter-day Ptolemies from Galileos.
Topic
Forensic Medicine, Immunology, Liability, Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice, Prosthesis, Torts, Surgery / General, Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades, Corporate & Business History
Lccn
98-113190
Dewey Decimal
346.7303/8
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Genre
Technology & Engineering, Law, Business & Economics, Medical

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