Medical Science, Society, and Human Values

Society, science, and values.

Antivivisection and Medical Science in Victorian Society

However, it appears somewhat unsatisfactory to the medically oriented microbiologist, in spite of the first four chapters. There are no articles on ecology, isolation and identification in the routine laboratory, antigenic structure, and pathogenicity (the latter is treated only in the second chapter for P. aeruginosa). Maybe this was not the intention of the editors; however, in view of the fi...

Antivivisection and medical science in Victorian society

One of the most fascinating aspects of nineteenth-century experimental medicine is the role of so-called vivisection in securing advances and, at the same time, earning vehement criticism. Dr. French deals with the latter in his scholarly and comprehensive study, and he traces the anti-vivisection movement in the last three decades of the ninteenth century. Objectors to animal experiments had, ...

Integrating Science and Human Values

The burden of cancer continues to increase globally, with substantial personal, societal, and economic consequences. Population growth and aging underlie this increase—a reflection of the effect of population health interventions in the last two centuries. Much of this gain has come through observation, derivation of evidence, and rigorous application of valid science to the public, both health...

Science and Human Deliberation in Medical Publications

W making [1]. What is science, a system of acquiring knowledge through factual methods! Science is a tool to be utilized by human deliberations which can then lead to formation of treatise, production of a commodity, reinvention or betterment of an existing product, or for that matter creating an academic publication in a Journal. The entire premise of academics is based on two pillars; Science...