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- catalog abstract "When the FDA banned silicone gel-filled breast implants in 1992, it was responding to mounting concerns that they caused autoimmune and connective tissue disease. The ban triggered a torrent of litigation, as women by the thousands sued breast-implant manufacturers. Sympathetic juries awarded huge damages, leading to a $4.25 billion class-action settlement that still wasn't large enough to cover all the claims. Shockingly, rigorous scientific studies of breast implants. Then began to show that there is no significant link between breast implants and disease. Why were the courts and the public so certain that breast implants were dangerous when medical researchers were not? The answer to this question reveals important differences in the way science, the law, and the public regard evidence - and not just in the breast-implant controversy. As our society becomes ever more dependent, at all levels, on science and technology, misconceptions. About scientific evidence become an increasing danger to the public good - with consequences that extend far beyond the question of whether silicone gel-filled breast implants are safe.".
- catalog contributor b9498325.
- catalog coverage "United States".
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "1. The Breast Implant Story: Once Over Lightly -- 2. Breast Implants: What They Are and Who Has Them -- 3. The FDA Ban on Implants: Regulation in Modern America -- 4. The Rush to Court: Litigation and More Litigation -- 5. Scientific Evidence: What It Is and Where It Comes From -- 6. Science in the Courtroom: Opinions without Evidence -- 7. Greed and Corruption: All That Free Money -- 8. Americans and Health News: The Alarm of the Day -- 9. Breast Implants and the Rejection of Science: Other Ways of Knowing -- 10. Where We Stand ... and for How Long.".
- catalog description "About scientific evidence become an increasing danger to the public good - with consequences that extend far beyond the question of whether silicone gel-filled breast implants are safe.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-245) and index.".
- catalog description "Then began to show that there is no significant link between breast implants and disease. Why were the courts and the public so certain that breast implants were dangerous when medical researchers were not? The answer to this question reveals important differences in the way science, the law, and the public regard evidence - and not just in the breast-implant controversy. As our society becomes ever more dependent, at all levels, on science and technology, misconceptions.".
- catalog description "When the FDA banned silicone gel-filled breast implants in 1992, it was responding to mounting concerns that they caused autoimmune and connective tissue disease. The ban triggered a torrent of litigation, as women by the thousands sued breast-implant manufacturers. Sympathetic juries awarded huge damages, leading to a $4.25 billion class-action settlement that still wasn't large enough to cover all the claims. Shockingly, rigorous scientific studies of breast implants.".
- catalog extent "256 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0393039730".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London ; New York : W.W. Norton,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "1996 H-495".
- catalog subject "346.7303/8 347.30638 20".
- catalog subject "Breast Implants United States Legislation.".
- catalog subject "Breast Implants adverse effects United States Legislation.".
- catalog subject "Breast Implants adverse effects.".
- catalog subject "Breast Implants legislation.".
- catalog subject "Breast implants Complications.".
- catalog subject "Breast implants Law and legislation United States.".
- catalog subject "Jurisprudence United States.".
- catalog subject "Jurisprudence".
- catalog subject "KF1297.B74 A96 1996".
- catalog subject "Liability, Legal United States.".
- catalog subject "Liability, Legal legislation.".
- catalog subject "Products liability Breast implants United States.".
- catalog subject "WP 33 AA1 A5s 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "1. The Breast Implant Story: Once Over Lightly -- 2. Breast Implants: What They Are and Who Has Them -- 3. The FDA Ban on Implants: Regulation in Modern America -- 4. The Rush to Court: Litigation and More Litigation -- 5. Scientific Evidence: What It Is and Where It Comes From -- 6. Science in the Courtroom: Opinions without Evidence -- 7. Greed and Corruption: All That Free Money -- 8. Americans and Health News: The Alarm of the Day -- 9. Breast Implants and the Rejection of Science: Other Ways of Knowing -- 10. Where We Stand ... and for How Long.".
- catalog title "Science on trial : the clash of medical evidence and the law in the breast implant case / Marcia Angell.".
- catalog type "text".