TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rappert,Brian
AU  - McLeish,Caitriona
TI  - A web of prevention: biological weapons, life sciences and the governance of research 
T2  - Science in society series
SN  - 9781849770354 (e-book : PDF)
PY  - 2007///
CY  - London, Sterling, Va.
PB  - Earthscan
KW  - Biological weapons
KW  - Life sciences
KW  - Research
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Biotechnology
KW  - Bioterrorism
KW  - Prevention
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - lcsh
N1  - "Earthscan publishes in association with the International Institute of Environment and Development"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Life sciences or death sciences : tipping the balance towards life with ethics, codes and laws / Ronald M. Atlas and Margaret Somerville -- 2. Whistleblowers : risks and skills / Brian Martin -- 3. Education for the life sciences : choices and challenges / Brian Rappert -- 4. Dual use : can we learn from the physicists' experience? : a personal view / John L. Finney -- 5. Science and technology developments relevant to the biological weapons convention / Royal Society -- 6. Options for a scientific advisory panel for the biological weapons convention / Catherine Rhodes and Malcolm Dando -- 7. Dual use biotechnology research : the case for protective oversight / Elisa D. Harris -- 8. Reflections on the role of research oversight in a web of prevention / Thomas V. Holohan -- 9. Export control and the non-proliferation of materials : national boundaries in international science? / Jez Littlewood -- 10. Chemical and biological weapons export controls and the 'web of prevention' : a practitioner's perspective / Robert J. Mathews -- 11. How does secrecy work? : keeping the disclosing secrets in the history of the UK biological warfare programme / Brian Balmer -- 12. Reflecting on the problem of dual use / Caitriona McLeish -- 13. Governing dual use life science research : opportunities and risks for public health / Emmanuelle Tuerlings; Also available in print edition
UR  - http://www.tandfebooks.com/isbn/9781849770354
ER  -