Responsible expertise: Governing the uncertain subjects of biotechnology

Critique of Anthropology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 103-126

  Phillips, Lynne ^a   Ilcan, Suzan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Appropriate biotechnology; Global governance; Morality; Risk; Science; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846673888     PISSN: 0308275X     EISSN: 14603721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0308275X07073821     Document Type: Article

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