Public knowledge and public trust

Community Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 204-210

  Cunningham Burley, Sarah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Genetic knowledge; Lay expertise; Public trust in science

Indexed keywords

AMBIVALENCE; ATTENTION; ATTITUDE; CONFERENCE PAPER; ETHICS; GENETICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCIENCE; SOCIOLOGY; TECHNOLOGY; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; PUBLIC OPINION; TRUST;

EID: 33744955936     PISSN: 14222795     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000092658     Document Type: Conference Paper

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