Science, Politics, and Groupthink [Health Matters]

Politics and science: reproductive health.

Politics Matters: A Response to Recent Commentaries

Bio-objects and their Boundaries: Governing Matters at the Intersection of Society, Politics, and Science

After many hours spent exploring Web sites of clinics and discussing with other patients across the globe, a Swedish couple decides the only way to treat their child’s disease is to venture to China to gain access to new stem cell therapies not available in their home country. At the same time a Swedish researcher, who is increasingly concerned by the flourishing of promissory and yet unproven ...

Health, science, and regulation: the politics of prevention.

The Politics and Analytics of Health Policy

Let us start with an example of health policy analysis in action. Within that category of countries loosely known as ‘the West’, quite basic differences exist in attitudes to health policy and also actual health policy. Comparing the US with mainland Europe and indeed Canada, for example, one perceives a difference in attitude on the part of the majority towards collectivism and individualism i...