Medicine and science are highly regarded and respected institutions among the American public. Many people do not understand or care to understand the medical or scientific jargon that is used to describe specific phenomena. Most trust that doctors and scientists are forthcoming and honest in their presentations of medical and scientific announcements. Therefore, there are rarely challenges posed to those who declare scientific or medical “breakthroughs.” However, many scientists have been exposed for misleading of …showed first 75 words of 2059 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2059 total…benefited the American public, the way in which he obtained and presented the information was misleading and deceitful. He had stolen “his” ideas, information and specimens from the French and claimed them to be his own. How can the American public trust the scientific community if situations such as this occur? The trust society holds will only continue if the scientific community dedicates itself to exemplifying and transmitting the values associated with ethical scientific conduct.