The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 67, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1747-1756

  Kent, Julie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Abortion; Bioeconomy; Britain; Fetal tissue; Stem cells; UK

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EMBRYO; FERTILIZATION (REPRODUCTION); HEALTH POLICY; LEGAL SYSTEM; POLICY MAKING; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH INSTITUTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABORTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; FETUS (ANATOMY); FETUS DEATH; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PREIMPLANTATION EMBRYO; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STEM CELL;

ABORTED FETUS; ABORTION, INDUCED; ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FETAL RESEARCH; FETAL STEM CELLS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 54549090848     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.027     Document Type: Article

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