Social science in a stem cell laboratory: What happened when social and life sciences met

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 117-126

  Stacey, Glyn ^a   Stephens, Neil ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BIOLOGICAL STANDARDS AND CONTROL   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ethics; interdisciplinary research; regulation; social science; UK Stem Cell Bank

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ETHNOGRAPHY; EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; MEDICAL LITERATURE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PUBLICATION; SOCIOLOGY; STEM CELL RESEARCH; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; NEGOTIATING; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; SOCIAL SCIENCES; STEM CELL RESEARCH;

EID: 83655212674     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.11.107     Document Type: Article

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