Toward a governance structure beyond informed consent: A critical analysis of the popularity of private cord blood banking in Taiwan

East Asian Science, Technology and Society

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 53-75

  Rei, Wenmay ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioeconomy; Biopolitics; Conflicts of interests; Cord blood banking; Scientific governance; Technological progressivism

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954543241     PISSN: 18752160     EISSN: 18752152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12280-010-9118-1     Document Type: Article

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