Regenerating Bodies: Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century
Author:   Julie Kent (University of the West of England, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:  

9780415688819


Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 April 2012
Format:   Hardback
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Regenerating Bodies: Tissue and Cell Therapies in the Twenty-First Century


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Author:   Julie Kent (University of the West of England, UK)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780415688819


ISBN 10:   0415688817
Pages:   240
Publication Date:   26 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Commodifying Tissues and Cells: New Tissue Economies 2. Regenerative Medicine: A Paradigm Shift? 3. Regulation and Governance of Tissue and Cell Based Therapies In Europe: Ethical Controversy and the Politics of Risk 4. A ‘Strict But Permissive Approach’ – A Case Study of Regulation and Governance In the UK 5. ‘Football Fields Of Skin’: A Masculinist Dream? 6. Remaking the Self 7. Life, Death and Immortality.

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Julie Kent is Professor of Sociology of Health Technology at the University of the West of England in Bristol. Her research and publications examine the connections between ethics and regulation, the gendering of bodies, human tissue use in the biosciences and the emergence of ‘regenerative medicine’.

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