The Dao of human cloning: Utopian/dystopian hype in the British press and popular films

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 123-143

  Jensen, Eric ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CLONING; ETHICS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL ETHICS; PHILOSOPHY; POLICY; POLITICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICS, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; PHILOSOPHY, MEDICAL; POLITICS; PUBLIC POLICY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849092699     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662506065874     Document Type: Article

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