Conflicts of Interest in Science: How Corporate-Funded Academic Research Can Threaten Public Health (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781510769526)

30+ Years of Peer-Reviewed Studies on the Corporate Ties and Vested Interests that Influence Scientific Research

For over 500 years, groups and organizations with political, economic, and personal interests have successfully exercised influence on the pursuit of scientific inquiry and knowledge. History is replete with examples like the Papal authority muddying research into studies of the cosmos, but far less attention is paid today to the various corporate and special interest groups who, through funding and lobbying efforts, have been able to shape the modern academic and scientific landscape to fit their agenda.

In Conflicts of Interest in Science, author Sheldon Krimsky compiles twenty-two peer-reviewed, academic articles that examine the complex relationship between the individual scientists conducting research and the groups who fund them. Ultimately, Krimsky's call to action concerns a collective movement among authors, peer reviewers, corporations and journal editors to disclose the sources of their funding. By holding scientists and the groups that fund them more accountable through increased transparency, we as a society can begin to rebuild trust in the integrity of knowledge.

Author: Sheldon Krimsky
ISBN-10: 1510769528
ISBN-13: 9781510769526
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/05/2022
Pages: 456
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.91w x 1.34d