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The stored tissue issue : biomedical research, ethics, and law in the era of genomic medicine /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Weir, Robert F., 1943-
Other Authors: Olick, Robert S., Murray, Jeffrey C.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Subjects:
Tissue Banks.
Tissues.
Bioethics.
Biomedical Research.
Table of Contents:
  • Unprecedented cases, debatable changes, and new challenges
  • Concerns about some common research practices
  • The controversy over stored tissues, research practices, and informed consent
  • Molecular genetics : tissue samples in the laboratory
  • Recommendations and policies in other countries
  • The federal regulations for human tissue research : summary and assessment
  • The larger legal framework for human tissue research : Moore and beyond
  • The NBAC report : recommendations and limitations
  • Updating informed consent in the era of genomic medicine
  • Beyond informed consent : other ethical issues and concerns
  • An agenda for the near future