Medical Professors See Threat in Corporate Influence on Research

At an AAUP conference, they talk of academic freedom and conflicts of interest

When Kate Bronfenbrenner spoke publicly about alleged labor-law violations at a chain of nursing homes, she had no idea of the price she would pay.

The company that owned the nursing homes, Beverly Enterprises, sued the Cornell University researcher for defamation, ordered her to turn over her research, and tried to persuade Cornell's president to

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