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Biology 398 course
Vaccination and Autism: A Continuing Controversy
Vaccines are often heralded by medical professionals as one of, if not the most, important inventions in healthcare to date. A vaccine is “a preparation of killed microorganisms, living attenuated organisms, or living fully virulent organisms that is administered to produce or artificially increase immunity to a particular disease” [1].
Disconnect Between the Scientific Community and the Public
Biology in Society Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010
Session 7
Disconnect Between the Scientific Community and the Public
Where to obtain medical advice: A Doctor, or the Internet?
Biology in Society Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010
Session 5A
Where to obtain medical information: A Doctor, or the Internet?
"She's a woman": "Fact" or ... ?
Biology in Society Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010
Session 3:
"She's a woman": "Fact" or ... ?
- Are "woman" and "man" well-defined discrete categories?
- Should we try and make them so?
- Is biology relevant to such a discussion?
- What does biology have to say? How should it contribute?
Some thoughts from last session
Science and cultures/values
Biology in Society Senior Seminar
Bryn Mawr College, Fall 2010
Sessions 1,2: Science and Culture/Values
- Is biology/science "objective", value-free, culture-independent, universal?
- Should it be?
- Is there a distinctive biology/science culture? set of values?
- Should there be?
BBC News Hour 26 August (1300 GMT) segment on medicine and religion 44:01-49:30)