The Cosmopolitanization of Science [electronic resource] : Stem Cell Governance in China /
Zhang, J.author.
Focussing on China's stem cell research, this book investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese scientists, ethicists and policy-makers have developed a cosmopolitan sensibility in comprehending and responding to ethical and regulatory concerns.
Description based upon print version of record.
Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Note on Transliteration; 1 Cosmopolitanization and China's Stem Cell Research: An Introduction; 2 Regulatory Framework and Early Administrative Rationales; 3 Research Motivations for Stem Cell Research; 4 Emerging Reflexivity in Transnational Communication; 5 Tizhi Wenti I: The Social Organization of Stem Cell Research; 6 Tizhi Wenti II: Governance on Research Funding and Performance Evaluation; 7 Stem Cell Therapy and the Governance of Uncertainty; 8 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Focussing on China's stem cell research, this book investigates how, over the last decade, Chinese scientists, ethicists and policy-makers have developed a cosmopolitan sensibility in comprehending and responding to ethical and regulatory concerns.
Social medicine.
Sociology.
Science-Social aspects.
Ethics.
Cell biology.
Globalization.
Medical Sociology.
Sociology, general.
Societal Aspects of Physics, Outreach and Education.
Ethics.
Cell Biology.
Globalization.