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Written for general readers, teachers, journalists, and policymakers, this volume explores four controversial topics in science and technology, with commentaries from scientists and experts in such fields as sociology, religion, law, ethics, and politics: Antibiotics on the Farm and in Our Food; Genetically Modified Crops and Gene Flow: the science of genetic modification, genetic diversity, agricultural biotech and the environment, corporate patents and farmers' rights; Women, Hormone Replacement Theory, and Menopause: the history of hormone replacement therapy, the medicalization of menopause, clinical practice; Smallpox, Bioterrorism, and Public Health: historical and medical overview of smallpox, the Emergency Health Powers Act, the war on bioterrorism, public resistance vs. cooperation.

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Author:   Daniel Lee Kleinman ,  Jo Handelsman ,  Abby J. Kinchy
Publisher:   University of Wisconsin Press
Imprint:   University of Wisconsin Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.484kg
ISBN:  

9780299203948

ISBN 10:   0299203948
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   30 March 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Daniel Lee Kleinman is associate professor in the department of rural sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is the author of Politics on the Endless Frontier and editor of Science, Technology, and Democracy.

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