Capital, trust & consultation: Databanks and regulation in Australia

Critical Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 349-358

  Stranger, Mark ^a   Chalmers, Donald ^a   Nicol, Dianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian regulation; Commercialization; Consultation; Human genetics databanks; Privacy; Public trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAPITAL; CONSULTATION; GENETIC DATABASE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; POLITICS; PRIVACY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL ASPECT; TRUST;

EID: 33644832673     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581590500523376     Document Type: Article

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