Adequate trust avails, mistaken trust matters: On the moral responsibility of doctors as proxies for patients' trust in biobank research

Bioethics

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 485-492

  Johnsson, Linus ^a   Helgesson, Gert ^b   Hansson, Mats G ^a   Eriksson, Stefan ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biobank research; Doctor patient relationship; Therapeutic misconception; Trust

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIOBANK RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ETHICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH; SWEDEN; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; TRUST;

BIOBANK RESEARCH; DOCTOR-PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; TRUST;

ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CULTURE; HUMANS; MORALS; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; SWEDEN; TRUST;

EID: 84886309070     PISSN: 02699702     EISSN: 14678519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2012.01977.x     Document Type: Article

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