Family tree and ancestry inference: Is there a need for a 'generational' consent? Ethics in Biomedical Research

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wallace, Susan E ^a   Gourna, Elli G ^a   Nikolova, Viktoriya ^a   Sheehan, Nuala A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHICS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENEALOGY; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; PEDIGREE; RESEARCH ETHICS;

CONSUMER ADVOCACY; ETHICS, RESEARCH; GENEALOGY AND HERALDRY; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNET; MARKETING OF HEALTH SERVICES; PEDIGREE;

EID: 84949559045     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12910-015-0080-2     Document Type: Article

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