Framing consent: The politics of 'engagement' in an Australian biobank project

Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 194-209

  McNamara, Beverley ^a   Petersen, Alan ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77951435439     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927991     Document Type: Chapter

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