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Stem cell research in Asia: looking beyond formal regulatory exteriors

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:30 authored by Margaret Sleeboom-FaulknerMargaret Sleeboom-Faulkner
The great hurry to realise promised cures in stem cell research requires regulation to guarantee bioethical research practices. Yet, increasingly similar national guidelines for stem cell research yields a range of diverging research practices. This book shows how the different rationale of regulation affects stem cell research practices in Asia. In low- and medium income countries such as India and China the advancement of science has a different weight on the national agenda, and the evaluation of scientific research is measured with a different yardstick, depending on the political and national research environment. For developing countries the question of research funding into stem cell research, healthcare, and the donation of embryos, foetuses and oocytes entail different considerations compared to in affluent welfare societies. Moreover, research institutions have different cultural and political histories, so that the meaning of formal guidelines, legislation and social rules may differ according to their various institutional settings. This volume discusses the informal cultures, social conventions and traditions that are crucial to the way in which stem cell research takes place in Asia.

History

Publication status

  • Published

Publisher

Routledge

Pages

164.0

ISBN

9781138829312

Department affiliated with

  • Anthropology Publications

Notes

his is an edited book edited by Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

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  • No

Peer reviewed?

  • Yes

Editors

Margaret Sleeboom-Faulkner

Legacy Posted Date

2015-01-13

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