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White Mice and White Coats: The Rhetoric of Biomedical Science

PWR 1TS - Fall 2014 - Instructor: Stan, T.
Last Updated: 22-Apr-2015

A guide to resources for PWR 1TS: White Mice and White Coats: The Rhetoric of Biomedical Science. Course topics include how medical science evolves from an initial discovery into commonly accepted dogma, edvidence and argumentative strategies that compel a medical scientist to believe a result, that persuade a physician to change a practice, and that influence a patient to try a potentially risky intervention. 

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Subjects

Basic research

Related guides

Rhetoric of bioethics and biopolitics

Background/Reference sources

Following are some reference sources that you can use to find background information on your topic as well as other references. 

AccessScience [electronic resource] : McGraw-Hill encyclopedia of science & technology online / McGraw-Hill.
[United States] : McGraw-Hill, [2000?]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
A dictionary of biology.
6th ed. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » QH302.5 .D54 2008
Encyclopedia of molecular biology [electronic resource].
Hoboken, NJ : Wiley InterScience
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
The international encyclopedia of ethics / edited by Hugh LaFollette.
Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
Green Library » Information Center » BJ63 .I58 2013 V.1
The MIT encyclopedia of the cognitive sciences / edited by Robert A. Wilson and Frank C. Keil.
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c1999.
Green Library » Information Center » BF311 .M556 1999
Pseudoscience : a critical encyclopedia / Brian Regal.
Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press/ABC-CLIO, c2009.
Green Library » Information Center » Q172.5 .P77 R44 2009
Science and politics : an A-to-Z guide to issues and controversies / edited by Brent S. Steel (Oregon State University).
Green Library » Information Center » Q175.52 .U6 S45 2014

Article resources

Use these resources to search for articles on your topic

Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
BIOSIS citation index [electronic resource].
[New York?] : Thomson Reuters.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
PubMed [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : National Center for Biotechnology Information, [1997]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Scopus [electronic resource].
[New York] : Elsevier, 2004-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource

Websites

Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science
The Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science works to enhance understanding of science by helping train the next generation of scientists and health professionals to communicate more effectively with the public, public officials, the media, and others outside their own discipline.
Center for Science in the Public Interest
Since 1971, CSPI has been a strong advocate for nutrition and health, food safety, alcohol policy, and sound science.
Union of Concerned Scientists
The Union of Concerned Scientists is an independent science and advocacy organization working on issues like Scientific Integrity, Global Warming, Clean Vehicles, Clean Energy, Nuclear Power, Nuclear Weapons & Global Security, and Food and Agriculture. 

Manage your references

As you're collecting references for your assignments, you might want to try using a reference manager, like RefWorks.  RefWorks not only tracks your papers, it helps you write your bibliography.

Check out the library's Bibliography Management page for more information about other tools to manage your references.