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- Title
The Ethics of Biobanking: Key Issues and Controversies.
- Authors
Widdows, Heather; Cordell, Sean
- Abstract
The author discusses the ethical issues of biobanking from the perspectives of law, philosophy and medical ethics. It cites debates on the appropriateness of informed consent to ensure ethical treatment both in therapeutic practice and medical research. It notes the source of issues in biobanking ethics such as informed consent, the problems it faces in biobanking and the need for alternative models. It indicates how the topic of biobanking offers significant and distinct ethical challenges.
- Subjects
TISSUE banks; MEDICAL ethics; PRIVACY; ETHICS
- Publication
Health Care Analysis, 2011, Vol 19, Issue 3, p207
- ISSN
1065-3058
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s10728-011-0184-x