Trust in Biobanking: Dealing with Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in an Emerging Field of Biotechnology

ISBN-13: 9783540788447 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 266 str.

Peter Dabrock;Jochen Taupitz;Jens Ried

Opis

Biobanks are promising instruments of biomedical research, but ethical, legal and social issues have led to a more critical review of them. By focusing on the concept of trust, this book examines a wide variety of ELSI-debate issues confronting biobanking.

Spis treści

From the contents: Framing the Field of Biobanking and Trust.- Ethical Issues.- Legal Issues.- Social Issues.

O autorze

Peter Dabrock, geb. 1964, Dr. theol., M.A., ist seit September 2008 Professor für Sozialethik am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Blurb

Biobanks are promising instruments of biomedical research and of transnational medicine in particular. Ethical, legal and social issues associated with biobanking, however, have recently led to a more critical view on this concept. All efforts addressing these concerns have been grounded on well-established standards of biomedical ethics such as informed consent procedures, protection of individual autonomy, benefit sharing etc. By additionally highlighting the widely neglected aspect of trust, this book aims at broadening the horizon of the ELSI-debate and thus filling a gap in current research on biobanking. The contributions of leading experts and junior researchers cover a wide field of disciplines relevant for biobanking including law, ethics, medicine, public health, social sciences, philosophy and theology.