Connective tissue: Cancer patients attitudes towards medical research using excised (tumour) tissue

BioSocieties

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 466-486

  Vermeulen, Eric ^a   Schmidt, Marjanka K ^b   Cornel, Martina C ^a   Knoppers, Bartha Maria ^c   Van Leeuwen, Flora E ^b   Aaronson, Neil K ^d  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

biobank; collective good; commodification; excised cancer tissue; medical research; ownership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054761577     PISSN: 17458552     EISSN: 17458560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/biosoc.2011.9     Document Type: Article

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