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Managing scientific uncertainty in health legislation
Author(s) -
Lipworth W.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
internal medicine journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 1444-0903
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2007.01243.x
Subject(s) - legislation , medicine , process (computing) , engineering ethics , risk analysis (engineering) , public administration , law , political science , computer science , engineering , operating system
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.