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- Title
The Ethics of Mandatory Retention of Clinical Biospecimens for Research.
- Authors
Wendler, David
- Abstract
THE ETHICS OF MANDATORY RETENTION Increasingly, institutions obtain consent by means of a mandate which informs individuals that signing the admission form constitutes their agreement to the institution retaining any left-over samples for future research. These considerations suggest that, when feasible, institutions should obtain consent to retain samples for future research, even when the samples are not identifiable.[2] This raises the question of which approach to consent is preferable. For example, one study found that use of opt-out consent resulted in 95% of individuals permitting their samples to be used for research.[6] Before adopting mandatory retention, institutions should assess whether opt-in or opt-out consent would yield sufficient samples.
- Subjects
MEDICAL research; ETHICS
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2021, Vol 36, Issue 9, p2818
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1007/s11606-020-06468-9