Depicting the Uncertainties of Stem Cell Science: First Sort, Then Splice, Then Represent

Science Technology and Human Values

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 599-620

  Kewell, Beth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

Author keywords

academic disciplines and traditions; accounting practices; epistemology; expertise; representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881143688     PISSN: 01622439     EISSN: 15528251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0162243913475826     Document Type: Review

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