Privacy, health insurance, and medical research: Tensions raised by European data protection law

New Genetics and Society

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 477-493

  Townend, David ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biobanking; data protection; genetic information; insurance; medical research; privacy; solidarity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA PROTECTION LAW; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LAW; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY;

EID: 78650426561     PISSN: 14636778     EISSN: 14699915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14636778.2010.528194     Document Type: Article

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