Educating for social responsibility: Changing the syllabus of developmental biology

International Journal of Developmental Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 237-244

  Gilbert, Scott F ^a   Fausto Sterling, Anne ^b  

^a Edward Martin Laboratories   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental biology; Education in context; Ethics; Syllabus; Teaching

Indexed keywords

HORMONE;

CLONING; CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENT; ETHICS; GENE THERAPY; LABORATORY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL SELECTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STEM CELL; TEACHING;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CURRICULUM; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 0038372622     PISSN: 02146282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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