Public's attitudes on participation in a biobank for research: An Italian survey

BMC Medical Ethics

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Porteri, Corinna ^a   Pasqualetti, Patrizio ^a   Togni, Elena ^a   Parker, Michael ^b  

^a IRCCS ISTITUTO CENTRO SAN GIOVANNI DI DIO FATEBENEFRATELLI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biobanks; Bioethics; Ethical policy; Genetic research; Public attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE; DUTY TO RECONTACT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHICS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DUTY TO RECONTACT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84952311014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6939-15-81     Document Type: Article

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