The Biomedical Sciences In Society

Author : Iain Crinson
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789811595233

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This textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the interdisciplinary field of the Social Studies of Science and Technology (SSST). Over the past two decades, the biomedical sciences have transformed our understanding of the relationship between the social and natural worlds, while its ‘promissory visions’ are seen to offer extraordinary opportunities for economic and social development. But alongside these scientific innovations have emerged new, and frequently unanticipated social, political, bioethical, and legal dilemmas and challenges. This cutting-edge text explores ‘post-genomic’ developments in the field of pharmacogenomics and the prospects for a new ‘precision’ or personalised medicine; the potential of environmental epigenetics to reconfigure the boundaries of the social and natural worlds; the emergence of an array of ‘neuro-disciplines’, seeking to identify the neural basis of a whole range of social and economic behaviours; and the challenges of constructing a coherent and robust governance framework for the conduct of biomedical science research and innovation, responsive to the social and health needs of the whole population.

Author : Kaaren A. Janssen,Richard Sever
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Medical personnel
ISBN : 1936113724

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Career Options for Biomedical Scientists by Kaaren A. Janssen,Richard Sever Pdf

Most people who do a PhD and postdoctoral work in the biomedical sciences do not end up as principal investigators in a research lab. Despite this, graduate courses and postdoctoral fellowships tend to focus almost exclusively on training for bench science rather than other career paths. This book plugs the gap by providing information about a wide variety of different careers that individuals with a PhD in the life sciences can pursue. Covering everything from science writing and grant administration to patent law and management consultancy, the book includes firsthand accounts of what the jobs are like, the skills required, and advice on how to get a foot in the door. It will be a valuable resource for all life scientists considering their career options and laboratory heads who want to give career advice to their students and postdocs.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105029346967

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National Commission on Health Science and Society by United States. Congress. Senate. Government Operations Committee Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Research
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1968
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCAL:$B643644

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National Commission on Health Science and Society by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Government Operations. Subcommittee on Government Research Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee for Monitoring the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Personnel
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 187 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005-08-13
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309094276

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Advancing the Nation's Health Needs by National Research Council,Policy and Global Affairs,Board on Higher Education and Workforce,Committee for Monitoring the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical, Behavioral, and Clinical Personnel Pdf

This report is the twelfth assessment of the National Institutes of Health National Research Service Awards program. The research training needs of the country in basic biomedical, clinical, and behavioral and social sciences are considered. Also included are the training needs of oral health, nursing, and health services research. The report has been broadly constructed to take into account the rapidly evolving national and international health care needs. The past and present are analyzed, and predictions with regard to future needs are presented.

Author : Jonathan Jansen,Jess Auerbach
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2023-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783031319136

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The Politics of Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences by Jonathan Jansen,Jess Auerbach Pdf

In the wake of the decolonization movement in South Africa and around the world, this edited work presents fresh evidence and advances new arguments on the politics and economics of colonial biomedical knowledge in South Africa and other parts of the African continent. Covering a richly diverse set of fields---including human genetics, obstetrics, occupational therapy, medical photography and the vaccine sciences---the book demonstrates the troubled histories and the enduring effects of imperial knowledge decades since the end of colonial rule and apartheid. This is a valuable text on the politics of the biomedical sciences written from the perspective of the African continent, and at the same time it revisits knowledge/power relationships between the majority (“global South”) and minority (“global north”) words in a historical perspective and in their contemporary expression in the disciplines. The immediate benefit is a reference resource for medical science researchers, and a teaching text for senior undergraduate and postgraduate students. The book is further composed as an accessible, readable and interesting text on politics and medicine in Africa for the discerning lay reader.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Large-Scale Science and Cancer Research
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2003-07-19
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309089128

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Large-Scale Biomedical Science by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Institute of Medicine,National Cancer Policy Board,Committee on Large-Scale Science and Cancer Research Pdf

The nature of biomedical research has been evolving in recent years. Technological advances that make it easier to study the vast complexity of biological systems have led to the initiation of projects with a larger scale and scope. In many cases, these large-scale analyses may be the most efficient and effective way to extract functional information from complex biological systems. Large-Scale Biomedical Science: Exploring Strategies for Research looks at the role of these new large-scale projects in the biomedical sciences. Though written by the National Academies' Cancer Policy Board, this book addresses implications of large-scale science extending far beyond cancer research. It also identifies obstacles to the implementation of these projects, and makes recommendations to improve the process. The ultimate goal of biomedical research is to advance knowledge and provide useful innovations to society. Determining the best and most efficient method for accomplishing that goal, however, is a continuing and evolving challenge. The recommendations presented in Large-Scale Biomedical Science are intended to facilitate a more open, inclusive, and accountable approach to large-scale biomedical research, which in turn will maximize progress in understanding and controlling human disease.

Author : Nico Stehr
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 373 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351323024

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Biotechnology by Nico Stehr Pdf

"While other books have addressed isolated aspects of recent developments in the biomedical sciences, Biotechnology: Between Commerce and Civil Society is the first book tgo engage with the full range of biotechnology's implications for social science and for society at large." -Professor Volker Meja New scientific knowledge is no longer merely the key to unlocking the secrets of nature and society. It now represents the "becoming" of a new world. Scientific developments affect the ways in which we conduct our affairs, as well as how we comprehend the changes underway as the result of novel technical artefacts and scientific knowledge. The practical fruits of biotechnology are a case in point; they have grasped our imaginations, and generated worldwide debate and concern. Debates on biotechnology shift between images of utopia and dystopia. The social sciences deserve a voice in the debate, and can do so through sober examination of the economic, social, and cultural implications of biotechnology. Some economists even predict that the importance of biotechnology as the technology of the future will far exceed that of the information technologies, in particular the Internet. The contributors to this volume are drawn from a broad spectrum of the social sciences, and include Nico Stehr, Gene Rosa, Steve Fuller, Steve Best and Douglas Kellner, Nikolas Rose, Fred Buttel, Javier Lezaun, Anne Kerr, Susanna Hornig Priest and Toby Ten Eyck, Martin Schulte, Alexander Somek, Steven P. Vallas, Daniel Lee Kleinman, Abby Kinchy and Raul Necochea, Herbert Gottweis, J. Rogers Hollingsworth, Gysli Pblsson, Elizabeth Ettore, Richard Hindmarch and Reiner Grundmann. The impact of science on society is destined to be a fundamental concern in the new century. This volume illustrates the contributions anthropology, law, political science, and sociology can make to the ongoing discussions about the role of biotechnology in modern societies. Nico Stehr is senior research associate, Institut for Technikfolgenabschotzung, Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe and Institut for Kostenforschung, GKSS, Germany. He also is a fellow in the Center for Advanced Cultural Studies in Essen, Germany, editor of the Canadian Journal of Sociology, and a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Among his recent books are Werner Sombart: Economic Life in the Modern Age (with Reiner Grundmann, published by Transaction); The Fragility of Modern Societies: Knowledge and Risk in the Information Age; Knowledge and Economic Conduct: The Social Foundations of the Modern Economy; and Wissenspolitik: Die ?berwachung des Wissens.

Author : W.B. Bondeson,H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.,S.F. Spicker,J.M. White
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400977235

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New Knowledge in the Biomedical Sciences by W.B. Bondeson,H. Tristram Engelhardt Jr.,S.F. Spicker,J.M. White Pdf

The spectacular development of medical knowledge over the last two centuries has brought intrusive advances in the capabilities of medical technology. These advances have been remarkable over the last century, but especially over the last few decades, culminating in such high technology interventions as heart transplants and renal dialysis. These increases in medical powers have attracted societal interest in acquiring more such knowledge. They have also spawned concerns regarding the use of human subjects in research and regarding the byproducts of basic research as in the recent recombinant DNA debate. As a consequence of the development of new biomedical knowledge, physicians and biomedical scientists have been placed in positions of new power and responsibility. The emergence of this group of powerful and knowledgeable experts has occasioned debates regarding the accountability of physicians and biomedical scientists. But beyond that, the very investment of resources in the acquisition of new knowledge has been questioned. Societies must decide whether finite resources would not be better invested at this juncture, or in general, in the alleviation of the problems of hunger or in raising general health standards through interventions which are less dependent on the intensive use of high technology. To put issues in this fashion touches on philosophical notions concerning the claims of distributive justice and the ownership of biomedical knowledge.

Author : Susanne Hecker,Muki Haklay,Anne Bowser,Zen Makuch,Johannes Vogel,Aletta Bonn
Publisher : UCL Press
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781787352339

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Citizen Science by Susanne Hecker,Muki Haklay,Anne Bowser,Zen Makuch,Johannes Vogel,Aletta Bonn Pdf

Citizen science, the active participation of the public in scientific research projects, is a rapidly expanding field in open science and open innovation. It provides an integrated model of public knowledge production and engagement with science. As a growing worldwide phenomenon, it is invigorated by evolving new technologies that connect people easily and effectively with the scientific community. Catalysed by citizens’ wishes to be actively involved in scientific processes, as a result of recent societal trends, it also offers contributions to the rise in tertiary education. In addition, citizen science provides a valuable tool for citizens to play a more active role in sustainable development. This book identifies and explains the role of citizen science within innovation in science and society, and as a vibrant and productive science-policy interface. The scope of this volume is global, geared towards identifying solutions and lessons to be applied across science, practice and policy. The chapters consider the role of citizen science in the context of the wider agenda of open science and open innovation, and discuss progress towards responsible research and innovation, two of the most critical aspects of science today.

Author : Harold Kincaid,Jennifer McKitrick
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007-06-01
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9781402052163

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Establishing Medical Reality by Harold Kincaid,Jennifer McKitrick Pdf

Medicine raises numerous philosophical issues. This volume approaches the philosophy of medicine from the broad naturalist perspective. This holds that philosophy must be continuous with, constrained by, and relevant to empirical results of the natural and social sciences. The upshot is a unique volume that ties medicine to contemporary issues in philosophy of science and metaphysics.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1857
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10085095

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The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Anonim Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 134 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2000-09-16
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780309069816

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Addressing the Nation's Changing Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists by National Research Council,Office of Scientific and Engineering Personnel,Education and Career Studies Unit,Committee on National Needs for Biomedical and Behavioral Scientists Pdf

As biomedical and behavioral research progresses into new areas, the number of scientists active in various fields rises and falls, and the health needs of the U.S. population evolve, it is important to ensure that the preparation of future investigators reflects these changes. This book addresses these topics by considering questions such as the following: What is the current supply of biomedical and behavioral scientists? How is future demand for scientists likely to be affected by factors such as advances in research, trends in the employment of scientists, future research funding, and changes in health care delivery? What are the best ways to prepare prospective investigators to meet future needs in scientific research? In the course of addressing these questions, this volume examines the number of investigators trained every year, patterns of hiring by universities and industry, and the age of the scientific workforce in different fields, and makes recommendations for the number of scientists that should be trained in the years ahead. This book also considers the diversity of the research workforce and the importance of providing prospective scientists with the skills to successfully collaborate with investigators in related fields, and offers suggestions for how government and universities should structure their research training programs differently in the future.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1902 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : United States
ISBN : LOC:00092835571

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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations for 2002 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Pdf

Author : Robert Wilkins,Simon Cross,Ian Megson,David Meredith
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 990 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-09-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780191652295

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Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences by Robert Wilkins,Simon Cross,Ian Megson,David Meredith Pdf

Written by biomedical scientists and clinicians, with the purpose of disseminating the fundamental scientific principles that underpin medicine, this new edition of the Oxford Handbook of Medical Sciences provides a clear, easily digestible account of basic cell physiology and biochemistry. It also includes an investigation of the traditional pillars of medicine (anatomy, physiology, biochemistry, pathology and pharmacology) integrated in the context of each of the major systems relevant to the human body. Cross-referenced to the Oxford Handbook of Clinical Medicine, and thoroughly illustrated, it is the ideal introduction to the medical sciences for medical students and biomedical scientists, as well as a valuable refresher for junior doctors.