Re-moralising medicine: The bioethical thought collective and the regulation of the body in British medical research

Social Theory and Health

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 215-235

  Reubi, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

bioethics; biomedical research; style of thought; the United Kingdom; thought collective

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876131270     PISSN: 14778211     EISSN: 1477822X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/sth.2012.15     Document Type: Article

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