Informed consent and biobanks: A population-based study of attitudes towards tissue donation for genetic research

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-229

  Hoeyer, Klaus ^a   Olofsson, Bert Ove ^b   Mjörndal, Tom ^b   Lynöe, Niels ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

biological specimen banks; informed consent; public opinion; research ethics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL RESEARCH; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; SWEDEN; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; TRANSPLANTATION;

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWEDEN; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 3543141747     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940310019506     Document Type: Article

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