Data mining and biological sample exportation from South Africa: A new wave of bioexploitation under the guise of clinical care?

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 136-138

  Staunton, C ^a   Moodley, K ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOEXPLOITATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DATA MINING; EDITORIAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; SAMPLING; SOUTH AFRICA; ETHICS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PROCEDURES;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DATA MINING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERNATIONALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84961303399     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2016.v106i2.10248     Document Type: Editorial

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