Monitoring ethical, legal, and social issues in developing population genetics databases

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 451-457

  Austin, Melissa A ^a   Harding, Sarah E ^a   McElroy, Courtney E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Genebank; Genetic databases; Genetics and ethics; Population genetics; Public health genetics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; GENETIC DATABASE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; MEDICINE; POPULATION GENETICS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; DATABASES, GENETIC; ETHICS COMMITTEES; GENETIC PRIVACY; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION;

EID: 0345134216     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.GIM.0000093976.08649.1B     Document Type: Article

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