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Jasanoff expressed the consensus of those at the conference that, 'Bioscience . . . should take care not to use technology as an indirect means of imposing [its] social and cultural values on other societies. Technology transfer should be grounded in a respect for cultural differences'. This was a productive conference, with constructive conclusions and recommendations. The participants failed only in not providing the framework for the establishment of policy-oriented groups to influence decision makers in government and industry. For 50 people to reach consensus on means to improve the interface between bioscience and society was an achievement, but without widespread dissemination of the conclusions these efforts will have little effect on the public. There is enough of value in this book to recommend its inclusion in libraries of institutions where consideration of bioethics is (or should be) part of the training programme, and in the personal libraries of those involved with science and government policy who are concerned with the societal implications of advances in bioscience and biotechnology.