Big data phenotyping in rare diseases: some ethical issues

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2019, Pages 272-274

  Hallowell, Nina ^a,b   Parker, Michael ^a,b   Nellåker, Christoffer ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMODIFICATION; DATA PROCESSING; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MEDICAL ETHICS; NOTE; PHENOTYPE; RARE DISEASE; BIOETHICS; BIOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; PATHOLOGY; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

BIG DATA; BIOETHICAL ISSUES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PHENOTYPE; RARE DISEASES; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION;

EID: 85048525088     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41436-018-0067-8     Document Type: Note

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