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Record Nr.

UNINA9910455410503321

Autore

Shapo Marshall S. <1936->

Titolo

Experimenting with the consumer [[electronic resource] ] : the mass testing of risky products on the American public / / Marshall S. Shapo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Praeger, 2009

ISBN

1-282-33378-X

9786612333781

0-313-36528-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Collana

Non-Series

Disciplina

346.7303/8

Soggetti

Products liability - United States

Technological innovations - Law and legislation - United States

Human experimentation in medicine - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Experimentation : a survey at trench level -- HIV/AIDS drugs : speeding up science under political pressure -- Breast implants : a parable of law's response to improvements on nature -- Treating thyself with drugs - for men only : the saga of Viagra -- Estrogens : a gathering of data, a gathering storm --  Estrogens - the storm breaks : a struggle of medicine, law, and politics -- Experiments at the billionth level : nanotechnology.