Science in the Private Interest: Has the Lure of Profits Corrupted Biomedical Research? - Hardcover

Krimsky, Sheldon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 074251479X ISBN 13: 9780742514799

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2003

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Science in the Private Interest University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Full description

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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

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

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

Sheldon Krimsky is one of the country's leading thinkers about the social and political context of science. This very accessible book offers a powerful insight into how corporate connections are harming the progress of science, tainting free inquiry in our universities, and harming our health.--Phil Brown, Brown University

Reading Krimsky will give those inside and outside the university and college worlds a gripping sense of how large are the stakes and how glorious can be the benefits of defending and expanding the independence of the university from the growing corporate state. . . . A searching and honest book.--Ralph Nader, from the foreword

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.--The 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

Science in the Private Interest makes a timely and welcome contribution. A major strength of Krimsky's book is its comprehensive account of problems that have arisen from the 'partnership' of academia and industry.--Nature Neuroscience

Science in the Private Interest is carefully researched and presents arguments from all sides of the issues under discussion. Case studies sprinkled throughout the book demonstrate that the main characters--universities, large companies, and some academicians--at times cloak monetary and career-advancing priorities in scientific clothing. Yet most of the pages of the the book are not exposés of biomedical wrongdoing but explanations of the laws and regulations that govern how academia and industry interrelate.--The New England Journal Of Medicine

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University science is now entangled with entrepreneurship, and researchers with a commercial interest are caught in an ethical quandary. Science in the Private Interest investigates the trends and effects of modern, commercialized academic science. Visit our website for sample chapters!

About this edition

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 074251479X
• ISBN 13: 9780742514799
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272