The US national bioethics advisory commission as a boudary organization

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 423-433

  Leinhos, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICS; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK;

EID: 31544473462     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/147154305781779308     Document Type: Article

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