(Mis)trust among patients seeking unproven stem cell therapies: a qualitative analysis

Omar Kawam, Sara Watson, Xuan Zhu, Shane Shapiro, Jon C. Tilburt, Zubin Master

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DOI: 10.3389/fmed.2026.1772881
Published: 2026-05-13
Container: Frontiers in Medicine
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@article{allodium:10.3389/fmed.2026.1772881,
  title = {(Mis)trust among patients seeking unproven stem cell therapies: a qualitative analysis},
  author = {Omar Kawam and Sara Watson and Xuan Zhu and Shane Shapiro and Jon C. Tilburt and Zubin Master},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Frontiers in Medicine},
  doi = {10.3389/fmed.2026.1772881},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1772881}
}

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Kawam, O., Watson, S., Zhu, X., Shapiro, S., Tilburt, J. C., & Master, Z. (2026). (Mis)trust among patients seeking unproven stem cell therapies: a qualitative analysis. Frontiers in Medicine. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmed.2026.1772881

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