The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?

Scientists are often called upon to discuss their research publicly. These discussions are harder if the research is controversial or might frighten or worry the public. When is the right time to start a public debate and who should start the debate by highlighting potential risks and benefits? [Ima...

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Autores principales: Nerlich, Brigitte, McLeod, Carmen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Science & Society
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26988254
http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201541853
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spelling pubmed-48187772016-09-16 The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates? Nerlich, Brigitte McLeod, Carmen EMBO Rep Science & Society Scientists are often called upon to discuss their research publicly. These discussions are harder if the research is controversial or might frighten or worry the public. When is the right time to start a public debate and who should start the debate by highlighting potential risks and benefits? [Image: see text] John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016-03-17 2016-04 /pmc/articles/PMC4818777/ /pubmed/26988254 http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201541853 Text en © 2016 The Authors. Published under the terms of the CC BY 4.0 license This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
title The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
title_full The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
title_fullStr The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
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title_short The dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: The need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
title_sort dilemma of raising awareness “responsibly”: the need to discuss controversial research with the public raises a conundrum for scientists: when is the right time to start public debates?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4818777/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26988254
http://dx.doi.org/10.15252/embr.201541853
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