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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Madelon Lubin Finkel |
| ISBN: | 9780275991289 0275991288 |
| OCLC Number: | 123692006 |
| Description: | xx, 234 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. About politics and science -- 2. The politics of contraception -- 3. The global AIDS epidemic : could it have been prevented? / with Sandra Demars -- 4. The stem cell controversy : navigating a sea of ethics, politics, and science / with Ryan Cauley -- 5. Marijuana as medicine : science versus politics -- 6. The quintessential catch-22 : the U.S. approach to needle exchange in HIV AIDS prevention / with Ivan Ip -- 7. Bleak house and beyond : how tuberculosis control got side-tracked -- 8. Science, politics, and the regulation of dietary supplements -- 9. Silicone breast implants : misconceptions, misinterpretations, and mistakes -- 10. Obesity and public policy / with Joanna M. Paladino -- 11. Disease prevention through vaccination : the science and the controversy / with Tony Rosen -- Notes -- Index -- About the author and contributors. |
| Responsibility: | Madelon Lubin Finkel. |
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- Medical policy -- United States.
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- Communicable Disease Control -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
- Politics -- United States.
- Public Health -- legislation & jurisprudence -- United States.
