Ethical boundary-work in the embryonic stem cell laboratory

Sociology of Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 732-748

  Wainwright, Steven P ^a   Williams, Clare ^a   Michael, Mike ^b   Farsides, Bobbie ^c   Cribb, Alan ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Boundary work; Ethics; Ethnography; Science; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHICS; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOETHICS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LABORATORY PERSONNEL;

EID: 33845879587     PISSN: 01419889     EISSN: 14679566     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00539.x     Document Type: Article

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