Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

by Sheldon Krimsky

Book Overview

Something has changed in the culture and values of academic science over the last quarter-century. University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. How can an academic scientist honor knowledge for its own sake, while also using knowledge as a means to generate wealth? Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 074251479X
• ISBN13: 9780742514799
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.0"