Biobanks, bioethics and concepts of donated blood in the UK

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2265795
AutoresHelen Busby (0000-0003-0709-8242, University of Nottingham, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume28
Fascículo6
Páginas850-865
Data de publicação2006-09-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSociology of Health & Illness (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0141-9889 • E-ISSN: 1467-9566
EditoraWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1467-9566.2006.00546.x
PMID17184422
OpenAlexW1557955866
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas24
Referências citadas30

In recent years international bioethics bodies have made prominent declarations about the uses of donated tissue and related information in genetic research1. Following the 'legislative' mode of bioethics2, these organisations have put forward a number of general principles with a view to promoting the fair and equitable use of donated tissue in such research. However, government policies in this field are shaped differently in different national regimes. In this paper, I use recent debates in the UK about a national genetic 'biobank' to illustrate how the shape and texture of policy discussions surrounding the use of donated blood for genetic research have been built upon a prior national consensus that regarded blood as a public good

Biobank · Bioethics · Bioinformatics · Biology · Engineering ethics · Political science · Biomedical Ethics and Regulation · Engineering · Ethics in Clinical Research · Law · Medicine · Organ Donation and Transplantation