Reporting the dawn of the post-genomic era: Who wants to live forever?

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-49

  Smart, Andrew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethical; Human genetics; Human Genome Project (HGP); Legal and social implications (ELSIs); Mass media; UK newspaper coverage

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL SYSTEM; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ETHICS; FUTUROLOGY; GENE MAPPING; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENOMICS; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; LAW; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; POLITICS; PUBLICATION; PUBLISHING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 0038819038     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9566.t01-1-00323     Document Type: Article

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