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Direct linkEkberg, Merryn – Bulletin of Science, Technology and Society, 2005
This article examines some of the controversial issues emerging from the privatization of biomedical research and commercialization of biotechnology. The aim is to identify the dominant social, political, and ethical risks associated with the recent shift from academic to corporate science and from the increasing emphasis on investing in research…
Descriptors: Risk, Privatization, Biomedicine, Scientific Research
