The Legacy of the Hwang Case: Research Misconduct in Biosciences

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 545-562

  Kakuk, Péter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Fabrication; Hwang Woo Suk; Research misconduct; Scientific integrity; Stem cell research

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CLONING; ETHICS; HISTORY; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OOCYTE; POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOUTH KOREA; TRANSPLANTATION; TRUST; WRITING;

ANIMALS; AUTHORSHIP; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLONING, ORGANISM; ETHICS, RESEARCH; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; OOCYTES; PUBLIC POLICY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SCIENTIFIC MISCONDUCT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; TISSUE AND ORGAN PROCUREMENT; TRUST;

EID: 71049143593     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 16605454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-009-9121-x     Document Type: Article

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