Equity, utility, and the marketplace: Emerging ethical issues of umbilical cord blood banking in Australia

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-63

  Samuel, Gabrielle N ^a   Kerridge, Ian H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Blood banks; Cord blood stem cell transplantation; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347270193     PISSN: 11767529     EISSN: 18724353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11673-007-9041-x     Document Type: Article

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