Genomic research in Zambia: Confronting the ethics, policy and regulatory frontiers in the 21st Century

Health Research Policy and Systems

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Chanda Kapata, Pascalina ^a   Kapata, Nathan ^b   Moraes, Albertina Ngomah ^a   Chongwe, Gershom ^c   Munthali, James ^d  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^b Ministry of Community Development   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Genomics; Legal; Policy; Recommendations; Regulations; Research; Zambia

Indexed keywords

CONFIDENTIALITY; FUNDING; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SCIENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME PROJECT; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NOTE; PATENT; RISK BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SAFETY; WELLBEING; ZAMBIA; ETHICS; GENOME; GENOMICS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; RESEARCH ETHICS; RESEARCH SUBJECT;

ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENOME; GENOMICS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84945929480     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12961-015-0053-4     Document Type: Note

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