Sociology, ethics, and the priority of the particular: Learning from a case study of genetic deliberations

British Journal of Sociology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 457-476

  Haimes, Erica ^a   Williams, Robin ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethics; Life sciences; Phronesis; Public sociology; Sociology

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; ETHICS; GENETICS; HUMAN; POLICY; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; ETHICS; GENETICS; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 34548188791     PISSN: 00071315     EISSN: 14684446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-4446.2007.00160.x     Document Type: Review

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