Human Tissue Research - A European perspective on the ethical and legal challenges (Hardcover)

The use of human tissue for medical research and scientific progress raises many ethical and legal challenges. The procurement, storage and transfer of human tissue for research purposes have posed significant questions over recent years, and a number of high profile scandals in the UK prompted the publication of the Madden Report on Post Mortem Practice and Procedures in Irish hospitals in 2006. Additionally, tissue-related research tends to be most promising if samples and information are shared across national borders, but the heterogeneity of current rules and guidelines within the member states of the European Union calls all the more for clarification.
This multi-authored interdisciplinary text, edited by four experienced researchers, explores many of the issues concerning biobank-related research and aims to provide answers to the most urgent questions by means of ethical, philosophical, and legal investigation. It provides a fascinating insight into a wide range of interlinking research perspectives and serves as a comprehensive reference to the state of play ethically and legally in Europe. It will be of value to medics and social scientists, human tissue researchers, and policy makers who have an interest in ethical and legal issues of human tissue research.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2011
First published:	March 2011
Editors:	Christian Lenk • Nils Hoppe • Katharina Beier • Claudia Wiesemann
Dimensions:	250 x 186 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	216
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-958755-1
Categories:	Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical ethics Books > Medicine > General issues > Medical equipment & techniques > Medical research Promotions
LSN:	0-19-958755-8
Barcode:	9780199587551

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