Moving Life Science Ethics Debates Beyond National Borders: Some Empirical Observations

Science and Engineering Ethics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 445-467

  Bezuidenhout, Louise ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Contextualization; Developing countries; Education; Ethics; H. T. Engelhardt Jr; Life sciences

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; BIOMEDICINE; ETHICS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICA; BIOLOGICAL SCIENCE DISCIPLINES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; RESEARCH; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY;

EID: 84883785611     PISSN: 13533452     EISSN: 14715546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11948-013-9468-x     Document Type: Article

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