Converting ethics into reason: German stem cell policy between science and the law

Science as Culture

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 363-375

  Sperling, Stefan ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Ethical debate; Germany; Stem cell law; Stem cells

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861652311     PISSN: 09505431     EISSN: 14701189     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09505430802514919     Document Type: Article

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