How Scientists Can Protect and Restore Their Reputations.
The article discusses how scientists whose work has been impugned or attacked can protect their reputations. It focuses on strategic practices involving status and identity. Examples are provided from a case involving an Australian scientist whose research on the possible biological ill effects of c...
| Publicado en: | Social Alternatives Vol. 30; no. 1; pp. 38 - 44 |
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Social Alternatives
2011 First Quarter
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