Bio-objects and the media: The role of communication in bioobjectification processes

Croatian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 301-305

  Maeseele, Pieter ^a   Allgaier, Joachim ^b   Martinelli, Lucia ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Museo Delle Scienze   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; BIOMEDICINE; BIOOBJECTIFICATION; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PRODUCTION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CIRCULATION; COMPREHENSION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; NONHUMAN; OBJECT RELATION; POLICY; POLITICS; SCIENCE; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL MEDIA;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; COMMUNICATION; HUMANS; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL MEDIA; SOCIOLOGY;

EID: 84881525153     PISSN: 03539504     EISSN: 13328166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2013.54.301     Document Type: Article

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