A Unified European Approach on Tissue Research and Biobanking? A Comparison

International Library of Ethics, Law and Technology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages 143-164

  Beier, Katharina ^a   Lenk, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bioethic Commission; Broad Consent; Data Protection Directive; European Member State; Human Biological Material

Indexed keywords

EID: 85098094199     PISSN: 18750044     EISSN: 18750036     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-1673-5_10     Document Type: Chapter

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