Genealogy of a controversy - Development of an anti-fertility vaccine

Authors
Viswanath, K Kirbat, P
Citation
K. Viswanath et P. Kirbat, Genealogy of a controversy - Development of an anti-fertility vaccine, ECON POLIT, 35(8-9), 2000, pp. 718-725
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Politucal Science & public Administration
Journal title
ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL WEEKLY
ISSN journal
00129976 → ACNP
Volume
35
Issue
8-9
Year of publication
2000
Pages
718 - 725
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9976(20000226)35:8-9<718:GOAC-D>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This paper reconstructs the controversy over the development of an anti-fer tility vaccine in order to understand how scientific facts are constructed It examines issues of ethics, clinical trials, the role of organisations su ch as the WHO and the positions of women's rights and health activists.