Science in the Private Interest

Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

Sheldon Krimsky (Author) , Ralph Nader (Foreword)

Textbook

Science in the Private Interest

Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research?

Sheldon Krimsky (Author) , Ralph Nader (Foreword)

Textbook

Paperback ~~$69.99~~ $62.99 Ebook (Epub & Mobi) $62.99

$62.99

Description

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 academic science.

This book dives unhesitatingly into some of modern science's messiest and most urgent questions. How did scientists begin choosing proprietary gain over the pursuit of knowledge? What effects have academic-corporate partnerships had on the quality and integrity of science? And, most importantly, how does this affect the public?

Part 1 Foreword
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Stories of the Unholy Alliance
Chapter 4 University-Industry Collaborations
Chapter 5 Knowledge as Property
Chapter 6 The Changing Ethos of Science
Chapter 7 The Redemption of Federal Advisory Committees
Chapter 8 Professors Incorporated
Chapter 9 Conflicts of Interest
Chapter 10 A Question of Bias
Chapter 11 The Scientific Journals
Chapter 12 The Demise of Public Science
Chapter 13 Prospects for a New Moral Sensibility in Academia
Chapter 14 Conclusion: Reinvesting in Public Interest Science

Product details

Published	18 Aug 2003
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	272
ISBN	9780585478876
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Author

Sheldon Krimsky

Foreword

Ralph Nader

In Science in the Private Interest, a strongly argued polemic against the commercial conditions in which scientific research currently operates, [Krimsky] shows how universities have become little more than instruments of wealth.

New York Review of Books
In Science in the Private Interest, Dr. Krimsky documents the growing entanglement between commerce and academic science. He argues that the lure of profits is transforming universities so that they are no longer independent, disinterested centers of learning that the public has long depended on.

The New York Times
A must-read for anyone interested in the future of science.

USA Today
This is an important and detailed analysis of the transformations of the biomedical sciences as they have become part of a new biomedical-industrial-complex. . . . A timely and much-needed study.

Everett Mendelsohn, professor of history and science, Harvard University
This book should be read by anyone concerned about the integrity of knowledge production in a knowledge-based society. Krimsky provides a spirited and engaging defense of academic freedom and sounds a compelling warning of the long-term dangers to society when universities adopt the values of business.

Mildred Cho, Stanford University
Science in the Private Interest is required reading for all scientists interested in the integrity of researchers and universities.

Adil E. Shamoo, University of Maryland School of Medicine