Reinventing the pig: The negotiation of risks and rights in the USA xenotransplantation debate

International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 341-349

  Fletcher, Amy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Decision making; Governance; Health policy; Public participation; Public policy; Risk; Risk management; USA; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847047379     PISSN: 14668297     EISSN: 17415241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJRAM.2007.011987     Document Type: Review

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