Ethical issues of human genetic databases : a challenge to classical health research ethics?

Ethical issues of human genetic databases : a challenge to classical health research ethics? / Bernice Elger.

This book 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 healt...

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Main Author: Elger, Bernice S., 1964-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, ©2010.
Series:Medical law and ethics.
Subjects:
Medical genetics > Databases > Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics > Databases > Moral and ethical aspects.
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects.
HEALTH & FITNESS > Diseases > Genetic.
MEDICAL > Genetics.
Medicine > Research > Moral and ethical aspects
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book 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, policy-makers and researchers in the field of medical ethics.
Physical Description:1 online resource ([xiii], 318 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-299) and index.
ISBN:9781409404996
1409404994
1282575597
9781282575592
1317141466
9781317141464
1317141458
9781317141457
9786612575594
661257559X
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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