title: Towards the applied: the construction of ethical positions in stem cell translational research.
abstract: This paper aims to make an empirically informed analytical contribution to the development of a more socially embedded bioethics. Drawing upon 10 interviews with cutting edge stem cell researchers (5 scientists and 5 clinicians) it explores and illustrates the ways in which the role positions of translational researchers are shaped by the [Symbol: see text]normative structures' of science and medicine respectively and in combination. The empirical data is used to illuminate three overlapping themes of ethical relevance: what matters in stem cell research, experimental treatment, and responsible claim making (as contrasted with [Symbol: see text]hype'). Finally, we suggest that this kind of [Symbol: see text]descriptive' ethical analysis has potential relevance for understanding other substantive areas of stem cell ethics in practice, and we briefly consider the questions our analysis raises about role positions and ethical agency, and the implications for bioethics as a field of scholarship.
authors: Centre for Public Policy Research, School of Social Science and Public Policy, King's College London, Franklin-Wilkins Building, Waterloo Rd, London, SE1 9NN, UK. alan.cribb@kcl.ac.uk
authors: Alan
authors: A
authors: Cribb
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Wainwright
authors: Clare
authors: C
authors: Williams
authors: Bobbie
authors: B
authors: Farsides
authors: Mike
authors: M
authors: Michael
mesh_terms: D035843:Biomedical Research / Q000941:ethics*; D053595:Embryonic Stem Cells; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000941:ethics; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012108:Research Personnel / Q000941:ethics