When Science Offers Salvation: Patient Advocacy and Research Ethics

by Rebecca Dresser

Book Overview

Biomedical research today has a high public profile, largely because of patient advocacy. Following in the footsteps of HIV/AIDS activists, advocates representing an array of patient groups are now vocal partners in the research enterprise. Advocates want research practices and policies to be more responsive to the people who must live with the burdens of illness. This book shows how advocates have transformed health research, often -- but not always...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195143132
• ISBN13: 9780195143133
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.6"