Works by Dorothy Nelkin
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- Homo Economicus Commercialization of Body Tissue in the Age of Biotechnology.Dorothy Nelkin &Lori Andrews -1998 -Hastings Center Report 28 (5):30-39.The human body is becoming hot property, a resource to be “mined,” “harvested,” patented, and traded commercially for profit as well as scientific and therapeutic advances. Under the new entrepreneurial approach to the body old tensions take on new dimensions—about consent, the fair distribution of tissues and products developed from them, the individual and cultural values represented by the body, and public policy governing the use of organs and tissues.
- Science, Technology and Society a Cross-Disciplinary Perspective.Dorothy Nelkin -1977
- Values at Risk.Douglas Maclean,Dorothy Nelkin &Michael S. Brown -1988 -Philosophy and Public Affairs 17 (1):54-65.
- Science Textbook Controversies and the Politics of Equal Time.Dorothy Nelkin -1978 -Journal of the History of Biology 11 (2):398-399.
- Patenting genes and the public interest.Dorothy Nelkin -2002 -American Journal of Bioethics 2 (3):13 – 15.
- Commentary: University—Industry Alliances.Casey Kiernan,Richard Nelson &Dorothy Nelkin -1987 -Science, Technology, and Human Values 12 (1):65-74.No categories
- Cloning in the Popular Imagination.Dorothy Nelkin &M. Susan Lindee -1998 -Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 7 (2):145-149.Dolly is a lamb that was cloned by Dr. Ian Wilmut, a Scottish embryologist. But she is also a Rorschach test. The public response to the production of a lamb by cloning a cultured cell line reflects the futuristic fantasies and Frankenstein fears that have more broadly surrounded research in genetics and especially genetic engineering. Cloning was a term originally applied to a botanical technique of asexual reproduction. But following early experiments in the manipulation of the hereditary and reproductive process (...) during the mid-1960s, the term became associated with human biological engineering. It also became a pervasive theme in horror films and science fiction fantasies. Appearing to promise both amazing new control over nature and terrifying dehumanization, cloning has gripped the popular imagination. (shrink)
- B. Scientists in an Adversary Culture: the 1970s.Dorothy Nelkin -1978 -Science, Technology and Human Values 3 (3):33-39.No categories
- God Talk: Confusion between Science and Religion: Posthumous Essay.Dorothy Nelkin -2004 -Science, Technology and Human Values 29 (2):139-152.Controversies concerning the religious implications of science have grown increasingly strained in recent years. Creation scientists have deployed new strategies to eliminate the teaching of evolution in public schools; right-to-life groups have obstructed fetal tissue research; and clerical groups have criticized genomics and genetic testing. Meanwhile, the Templeton Foundation has begun promoting the idea that there is no conflict between science and religion. In this paper, I explore emerging efforts to reconcile religion and science. I focus particularly on the use (...) of religious imagery and metaphor by scientists as they seek to convince the public of the power of genes or to allay concerns about new technologies. I suggest that their use of Godtalk may reflect both its wider prevalence in political rhetoric in the United States and its instrumental utility in light of the religious implications of contemporary biology. (shrink)No categories
- Placing Blame for Devastating Disease.Dorothy Nelkin &Sander Gilman -1988 -Social Research: An International Quarterly 55.
- Observations on Workers' Perceptions of Risk in the Dangerous Trades.Michael Brown &Dorothy Nelkin -1984 -Science, Technology, and Human Values 9 (2):3-10.No categories
- The Science Wars: Responses to.Marriage Failed &Dorothy Nelkin -1996 - In Andrew Ross,Science wars. Durham: Duke University Press. pp. 46--114.Export citation
Bookmark - B. Commentary on the XVth International Congress of the History of Science.Dorothy Nelkin -1977 -Science, Technology and Human Values 2 (4):26-27.No categories
- Controlling Our Destinies: Historical, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological Perspectives on the Human Genome Project. Phillip R. Sloan.Dorothy Nelkin -2000 -Isis 91 (4):830-831.
- Constructing ReproductionSocial Bodies: Science, Reproduction, and Italian Modernity. David HornBabies in Bottles: Twentieth-Century Visions of Reproductive Technology. Susan Merrill Squier.Dorothy Nelkin -1995 -Isis 86 (4):619-621.
- Ecologists and the public interest.Dorothy Nelkin -1976 -Hastings Center Report 6 (1):38-44.
- From Dayton to Little Rock: Creationism Evolves.Dorothy Nelkin -1982 -Science, Technology and Human Values 7 (3):47-53.The 1981 legislation in Arkansas and Louisiana which required "balanced treatment of creation-science and evolution-science" represents the most ambitious effort of the "scientific creationists" to date to gain equal time for the teaching of the book of Genesis as an alternative and viable scientific theory of origins. The trial testing the constitutionality of the Arkansas law culminated in a powerful and unambiguous decision; however, creationists continue to lobby for similar legislation in many other states. Far from an aberration, today's scientific (...) creationists represent a modern manifestation of a deep fundamentalist current in American social history. (shrink)No categories
- Genetic Alchemy: The Social History of the Recombinant DNA ControversySheldon Krimsky.Dorothy Nelkin -1983 -Isis 74 (4):624-625.
- IV. Thoughts on the Proposed Science Court.Dorothy Nelkin -1977 -Science, Technology and Human Values 2 (1):20-31.No categories
- Managing Biomedical News.Dorothy Nelkin -1985 -Social Research: An International Quarterly 52.
- Native Americans and Nuclear Power.Dorothy Nelkin -1981 -Science, Technology and Human Values 6 (2):2-13.No categories
- Papers and Commentaries Presented to the Organization of American Historians, April 1978.Dorothy Nelkin -1978 -Science, Technology and Human Values 3 (3):23-23.No categories
- Personal Genome Sequencing: The Answer to All of Our Worries.Dorothy Nelkin -2003 -Hastings Center Report 33 (1):9.
- Science Studies in the 1990s.Dorothy Nelkin -1989 -Science, Technology and Human Values 14 (3):305-311.No categories
- The Embryo Research Debate: Science and the Politics of Reproduction. Michael Mulkay.Dorothy Nelkin -1999 -Isis 90 (2):395-395.
- The Rhetoric of Scientific RevolutionThe Human Genome ProjectBiotechnics and Society.Dorothy Nelkin,Thomas F. Lee &Sheldon Krimsky -1992 -Hastings Center Report 22 (4):38.
- Wisdom, Expertise, and the Application of Ethics.Dorothy Nelkin -1981 -Science, Technology and Human Values 6 (1):16-17.No categories
- Book Review: Body Parts: Property Rights and the Ownership of Human Biological MaterialsGoldE. Richard, Body Parts: Property Bights and the Ownership of Human Biological Materials : 223 pp., ISBN 0-87840-617-4 , $49.95. To order call 800-246-9606. [REVIEW]Lori B. Andrews &Dorothy Nelkin -1997 -Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 25 (2-3):210-212.
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