出版社：AHRC Research Centre for Studies in Intellectual Property and Technology Law
摘要：Over the past few decades, Western governments have increasingly sought political legitimacy for decisions concerning the life sciences by way of public consultation. Science and technology studies (STS) have been part of actively questioning the types of expertise engaged in life sciences governance and propagating a more democratic approach with which the legitimacy of policy initiatives have been tested in the general public.1 However, not all aspects of the life sciences have generated the same call for public consultation. DNA patenting, for example, has evaded consultations with the general public despite being the object of intense political contention.
