Bioethical governance and basic stem cell science: China and the global biomedicine economy

Science and Public Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  Salter, Brian ^a   Qiu, Ren Zong ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINESE ACADEMY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; ETHICS; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; MEDICINE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 67649359734     PISSN: 03023427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3152/030234209X410381     Document Type: Article

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