Hearing community voices: Public engagement in Australian human embryo research policy, 2005-2007

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 217-232

  Ankeny, Rachel A ^a   Dodds, Susan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deliberative democracy; Embryo research policy; Public engagement

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL TRANSFER; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONSCIENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMBRYO RESEARCH; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN CLONING; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; NIDATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW;

EID: 51349105484     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636770802326901     Document Type: Review

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