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Synopsis
Drawing on a wide range of interviews and primary and secondary sources, this book investigates the dynamic interactions between national regulatory formation and the global biopolitics of regenerative medicine and human embryonic stem cell science.
Synopsis
Features students and researchers in medical sociology, medicine and genetics, general politics of health, and comparative medical sociology.
About the Author
Herbert Gottweis is at the Department of Political Science, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. Brian Salter is a Professor of Health Services Research and Director of Research in Nursing and Midwifery at the School of Health, University of East Anglia, UK. Catherine Waldby is at the School of Sociology & Anthropology, Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, The University of New South Wales (UNSW), Sydney, Australia.
Table of Contents
Introduction * Globalization, Stem Cell Markets and National Interests * Human ESC Science and the Human Tissue Market * Policy Meta-Narratives at the International Level * Culture, Bioethics and the Political Negotiation of Value * The European Union and Framework Programme Six * Global Patterns of Regulatory Politics * Uncertainly and Standardisation * Conclusions: Towards a Global Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Science * Index Introduction * Globalization, Stem Cell Markets and National Interests * Human ESC Science and the Human Tissue Market * Policy Meta-Narratives at the International Level * Culture, Bioethics and the Political Negotiation of Value * The European Union and Framework Programme Six * Global Patterns of Regulatory Politics * Uncertainly and Standardisation * Conclusions: Towards a Global Politics of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Science * Index