Reassessing direct-to-consumer portrayals of unproven stem cell therapies: Is it getting better?

Regenerative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 361-369

  Ogbogu, Ubaka ^a   Rachul, Christen ^b   Caulfield, Timothy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

clinical trials; ethics; medical tourism; policy; stem cell tourism; stem cell treatments; stem cells; unproven stem cell treatments

Indexed keywords

AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BONE MARROW; DRUG MARKETING; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SOCIAL ASPECT; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; HUMANS; INTERNET; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84876902762     PISSN: 17460751     EISSN: 1746076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/rme.13.15     Document Type: Review

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