Ethics, Medical Research, and Medicine: Commercialism versus Environmentalism and Social Justice 2001 edition

Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Table of Contents: Contributors. Acknowledgements. Introduction; A. Thompson, N. J. Temple. How Essential is Medical Research? A. Thompson. Cost, Distributive Justice and Noblesse Oblige; A. Thompson. Research Design; A. Thompson, N. J. Temple. Disseminating the Results; A. Thompson, M. Egger. Leaping Over the Species' Gap: The Substitution of Humans by Other Animals in Testing of Procedures and Substances; A. Thompson. The Moral Justification for Substituting Other Animals in Medical Research; A. Thompson. How To Make A Mountain And A Mint Out Of, At Most, A Molehill: Statin Drugs; A. Thompson, N. J. Temple. The Right Heart Catheter: Evidence versus Bias; S. Workman. The Dubious Merits of Screening for Cancer of the Breast and Prostate; A. Thompson, N. J. Temple. The Genomics Revolution in Medicine: A Case of Extreme Information Overload; A. Thompson, N. J. Temple. Disease Prevention: The Low-Tech, Low-Cost Road Less Travelled; N. J. Temple. Postscript; N. J. Temple, A. Thompson. Index.

Contributor Bio:  Thompson, Andrew Andrew Thompson - Author of Origins of Arabia. Over the course of the last thirty years he has become familiar with all corners of the Arabian Peninsula. For fifteen of those years he lived in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Dubai; for the other fifteen he was a regular visitor, travelling both for business and pleasure. A banker by profession, he devoted his leisure to extending his wide knowledge of Arabian natural history, geography, and geology. Contributor Bio:  Temple, N N Temple