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Social and cultural issues in human tissue use in South Africa
Mary Elizabeth-Anne de Haas
Abstract
‘One frequently encounters references in lay and professional writings of the ever expanding markets for human tissue where the body is reduced to a “source of raw material for saleable products” ... we are witnessing the global expansion of a “human body shop” …’1
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Mary Elizabeth-Anne de Haas, university of KZN
Keywords
Human tissue, culture, social structure, research, dna, patents, bio-colonialism
Cite this article
South African Journal of Bioethics and Law 2011;4(1):24-28.
Article History
Date submitted: 2011-02-24
Date published: 2011-06-29
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