Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Underdetermined Interests: Scientific ‘Goods’ and Animal Welfare.
Published 2009-01-01It is well known that the culture within which actors such as scientists and clinicians operate is structured by the mechanisms through which institutional rewards are distributed (Garfield 1979). In the biosciences, ...Open AccessArticle -
Doing good qualitative research in public health: not as easy as it looks.
Published 2009-01-01In this paper, we discuss qualitative research for public health professionals. Quality matters in qualitative research, but the principles by which it is judged are critically different from those used to judge epidemiology. ...Open AccessArticle -
Evidence-based practice?
Published 2012-01-01In 1948, the world of health and medical research changed forever with the publication of the Medical Research Council’s randomised controlled trial (RCT) on the use of streptomycin in the treatment of tuberculosis ...Open AccessArticle -
From foetus to full term - without a mother's touch
Published 2005-08-30ARTIFICIAL wombs, to bring a foetus of a human being to full term outside a woman's body, could become a reality within 20 years, scientists have predicted. This could present great advantages in the case of ery premature ...Open AccessArticle -
Off-label promotion of prescription medicine: is it ever justifiable?
Published 2014-01-01Off-label promotion has attracted intense scrutiny from regulators in recent decades resulting in many pharmaceutical companies paying hefty penalties for illegal marketing practices. At the same time, the pharmaceutical ...Open AccessArticle