Representations of the stem-cell cloning fraud: From scientific breakthrough to managing the stake and interest of Science

Public Understanding of Science

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 687-703

  Augoustinos, Martha ^a   Russin, Amelia ^b   LeCouteur, Amanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cloning; Discourse analysis; Media; Scientific discourse; Scientific fraud; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350647601     PISSN: 09636625     EISSN: 13616609     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0963662508096777     Document Type: Article

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