Science and the Media. Delgado's Brave Bulls and the Ethics of Scientific Disclosure

Readership

practicing scientists of all disciplines; scientific journalists; text for use in graduate level courses on medical and research ethics; text for use in professional schools of journalism and communication; also be of interest to historians of science, members of institutional review boards, and to graduate and medical students across a wide range of fields of study.

Table of Contents

1 Snyder, Mayes: Introduction: The Ethics of Scientific Disclosure
2 John Warner, History of Medicine, Yale: Medicine, Media and the Dramaturgy of Biomedical Research: Historical Perspectives
3 Snyder: Delgado's Brave Bulls: The Marketing of a Seductive Idea and a Lesson for Contemporary Biomedical Science
4 Dennis Spencer, Neurosurgery, Yale: Adrenal Transplantation for Parkinson's Disease
5 Peter Fonagy, University College London: The Use of SSRIs in the Treatment of Childhood Depression: A Scientific Dialectic 6 David Smith, Yale Interdisciplinary Bioethics Project, Aaron Klink, Duke University School of Divinity, and Julius Landwirth, Interdisciplinary Center for Bioethics, Yale: Media Coverage of Stem Cell Research
7 Jerome Kassirer, Tufts: Medicine's Obsession with Disclosure of Financial Conflicts: Fixing the Wrong Problem
8 Declan Doogan, Pfizer: In Support of Industry-Sponsored Clinical Research
9 The Very Reverenc Wesley Carr, Romsey, UK: Prevailing Truth: The Interface Between Religion and Science
10 Patricia Shipman, Dept Anthropology, Pennsylvania State University: Science Meets Fundamentalist Religion
11 Ruth Katz, School of Public Health and Health Services, George Washington University: Uneasy Alliance: The Intersection of Government Science, Politics and Policymaking
12 Robert Levine, Yale Center for Bioethics: On The Relations Between Scientists and Journalist: Reflections by an Ethicist
13 Laura Spinnney, Science Journalist, London: Don't Shoot the Messenger
14 Harry McConnell, Ashley Pardy, Australia: Future Trends in Medical Research Publishing
15 Peter Snyder, Linda Mayes, Dennis Spencer: Conclusion: The Ethics of Scientific Disclosure

Author Information

By Peter J. Snyder, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI, USA; Linda C. Mayes, Yale University School of Medicine and Anna Freud Centre and University College London, UK; and Dennis Spencer, Department of Neurosurgery, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA