Managing scientific uncertainty in health legislation

W. Lipworth

doi:10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01243.x

Managing scientific uncertainty in health legislation

W. Lipworth^*

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Legislation and regulation of biomedical research is seldom a one-off process since biomedical science evolves rapidly, dynamically and often unpredictably. This paper discusses the challenges faced by regulators who need to produce legislation and policy in rapidly changing fields and outlines some practical suggestions for managing law reform and policy-making under these circumstances.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	119-123
Number of pages	5
Journal	Internal Medicine Journal
Volume	37
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01243.x
Publication status	Published - Feb 2007
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

legislation
ethics
peer review
discourse
SUSCEPTIBILITY
EPIDEMIOLOGY
QUALITY
SCIENCE
DISEASE

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