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Hopeful Journeys of Stem Cell Tourists

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Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope

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In Australia, in recent years, there have been a number of news reports of patients

I wouldn’t knock anyone going. You know, some people, a lot of people call them desperate. I like to call them pioneers myself because they’re true people that are … You know, they might be making a mistake but at least they’re having a go.

(Axel, a patient with spinal cord injury)

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  1. Sociology School of Social Sciences, Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia

    Alan Petersen, Casimir MacGregor & Jane Brophy

  2. Centre for Stem Cell Systems Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC, Australia

    Megan Munsie & Claire Tanner

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Petersen, A., Munsie, M., Tanner, C., MacGregor, C., Brophy, J. (2017). Hopeful Journeys of Stem Cell Tourists. In: Stem Cell Tourism and the Political Economy of Hope. Health, Technology and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-47043-0_4

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