Attitudes of the Japanese public and doctors towards use of archivedinformation and samples without informed consent: Preliminary findings basedonfocus group interviews

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2002, Pages 1-10

  Asai, Atsushi ^a   Ohnishi, Motoki ^b   Nishigaki, Etsuyo ^c   Sekimoto, Miho ^a   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^a   Fukui, Tsuguya ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Kansai Airport Quarantine Station   (Japan)

^c WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION CENTER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIVACY; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING; VOLUNTEER;

BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL APPROACH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PRIVACY; PUBLIC OPINION; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 34248339592     PISSN: 14726939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-3-1     Document Type: Article

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