Scientific characters : rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research / Lisa Keränen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Keränen, Lisa.

Series:

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.

Rhetoric, culture, and social critique

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Breast--Cancer--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

Breast.

Scientists--Professional ethics.

Scientists.

Scientific surveys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Rhetoric, politics, and trust in breast cancer research

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Scientific Characters chronicles the contests over character, knowledge, trust, and truth in a politically charged scientific controversy that erupted after a 1994 Chicago Tribune headline: "Fraud in Breast Cancer Research: Doctor Lied on Data for Decade." In the aftermath of this dramatic news, Dr. Bernard Fisher, the eminent oncologist and celebrated pioneer of breast cancer research, came under intense scrutiny following allegations that one of his investigators falsified data in landmark breast cancer research. Although he was eventually cleared of all wrongdoing, the controversy called into question the treatment decisions of tens of thousands of women, because Fisher's research had demonstrated that lumpectomy and radiation were as effective as breast removal for early stage cancers, a finding that was hailed as revolutionary in women's health care.

Contents:

Scientists under scrutiny : the centrality of character in science-based controversy

A beneficent healer and a career-minded falsifier? Physician-researcher role conflict and the Janus-faced Dr. Roger Poisson

The rise, fall, and resurrection of a scientific revolutionary : competing characterizations of Dr. Bernard Fisher

Fighting for a place at the table : women as consumers, partners, and subjects of science

and the "dark knight" who tried to "protect" them

Recharacterizing science and public life : trust, dialogue, and citizen engagement.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817384913

081738491X

OCLC:

664233649

Publisher Number:

2027/heb33715 hdl