Ethical Issues of Human Genetic Databases - A Challenge to Classical Health Research Ethics? (Hardcover, New Ed)

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.

General

Imprint:	Ashgate Publishing Limited
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Medical Law and Ethics
Release date:	July 2010
First published:	2010
Authors:	Bernice Elger
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 27mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	332
Edition:	New Ed
ISBN-13:	978-0-7546-7492-4
Categories:	Books > Law > Jurisprudence & general issues > General Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Promotions
LSN:	0-7546-7492-4
Barcode:	9780754674924

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