UK Biobank: Bioethics as a technology of governance

Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 143-158

  Corrigan, Oonagh ^a,b   Petersen, Alan ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 79957588450     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203927991     Document Type: Chapter

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