ETHICAL ISSUES OF HUMAN GENETIC DATABASES by Bernice Elger, Professor Sheila A. M. McLean ( 9780754674924 )

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ETHICAL ISSUES OF HUMAN GENETIC DATABASES
A CHALLENGE TO CLASSICAL HEALTH RESEARCH ETHICS?

By:

Bernice Elger, Professor Sheila A. M. McLean

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0754674924

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9780754674924

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD

Pub. date:

28 July, 2010

Pages:

332

Description:

Compares the area of biobanking with the tradition of ethically accepted classical research. This book highlights the features of databases and guidelines, identifies areas of consensus and controversy, investigates why genetic databases are a challenge to classical health research ethics, and analyzes why various guidelines differ.

Synopsis:

Following the boom in population databases in recent years there has been sustained and intense international debate about political processes and legal and ethical issues surrounding the protection and use of genetic data. As a result, several national and international organizations and committees have published widely differing guidelines and statements concerning genetic databases and biobanks. Ethical Issues of Human Genetic Databases compares the new area of biobanking with the tradition of ethically accepted classical research and highlights the distinctive features of existing databases and guidelines. The volume identifies areas of consensus and controversy while investigating the challenges posed to classical health research ethics by the existence of genetic databases, analyzing the reasons for such varying guidelines. The book will be essential to academics, biobankers, policy-makers and researchers in the field of medical ethics.

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includes 14 tables

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Ashgate Publishing Limited

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