The Social context of medical research
By: edited by Henry Wechsler, Ronald W. Lamont-Havers, George F. Cahill, Jr. ; with the assistance of Barbara Gale.
Contributors: Wechsler, Henry, 1932-; Lamont-Havers, Ronald W.; Cahill, George F., 1927-
Publisher: Ballinger
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Cambridge, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 334
Subjects: Medicine -- Research -- Social aspects.; Medicine -- Research -- Social aspects -- United States.; Medicine -- Research -- Government policy -- United States.; Medical innovations -- Social aspects.; Research.; Sociology, Medical.
Notes: Includes bibliographies and index.
Table of contents: title: Value conflict and social controls over research / Dorothy Nelkin; title: The planning of research / Thomas J. Kennedy, Jr., and Ivan L. Bennett, Jr.; title: Factors influencing a national biomedical research program / Ronald W. Lamont-Havers; title: Informed consent and the rights of research subjects / Charles Upton Lowe and Duane F. Alexander; title: Biomedical research as a social process / Bernard Barber; title: Health policy and the need to know / Howard S. Frazier and Harvey V. Fineberg; title: Medical technology / Frederick C. Robbins and Sarah Spaght Brown; title: The control of health problems related to industrialization / Jacqueline K. Corn and Morton Corn; title: The politics of drug research and development / Alexander M. Schmidt; title: Preventive health behavior / Sol Levine; title: Prolonging life / Robert M. Veatch.