All Outputs (3)

The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory (2008)
Journal Article
Kent, J. (2008). The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory. Social Science and Medicine, 67(11), 1747-1756. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.09.027

This paper examines the exchange relationships between women undergoing abortion, the clinicians who procure fetal tissue and stem cell scientists in Britain, and argues that the fetal tissue economy is an important dimension of the gendered bioecono... Read More about The fetal tissue economy: From the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory.

Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe (2008)
Journal Article
Faulkner, A., Geesink, I., Kent, J., & Fitzpatrick, D. (2008). Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe. Science as Culture, 17(2), 195-222. https://doi.org/10.1080/09505430802062950

Tissue engineering is one potential arm of the much-heralded regenerative medicine. We use the concepts of technological zone, risk framing and regulatory jurisdiction to analyse what risks are formulated in the zone of tissue engineering and whether... Read More about Tissue-engineered technologies: Scientific biomedicine, frames of risk and regulatory regime-building in europe.

The fetal tissue economy: from the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory (2008)
Journal Article
Kent, J. (2008). The fetal tissue economy: from the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory. Social Science and Medicine, 67,, 1747-1756

This paper examines the exchange relationships between women undergoing abortion, the clinicians who procure fetal tissue and stem cell scientists in Britain and argues that the fetal tissue economy is an important dimension of the gendered bioeconom... Read More about The fetal tissue economy: from the abortion clinic to the stem cell laboratory.