Biobanks : Governance in Comparative Perspective Paperback / softback
Edited by Herbert Gottweis, Alan (Monash University, Australia) Petersen
Paperback / softback
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In recent years, a number of large population-based biobanks – genetic databases that combine genetic information derived from blood samples with personal data about environment, medical history, lifestyle or genealogy – have been set up in order to study the interface between disease, and genetic and environmental factors.
Unsurprisingly, these studies have sparked a good deal of controversy and the ethical and social implications have been widely debated.
Biobanks: Governance in Comparative Perspective is the first book to explore the political and governance implications of biobanks in Europe, the United States, Asia, and Australia.
This book explores: the interrelated conditions needed for a biobank to be created and to exist the rise of the new bio-economy the redefinition of citizenship accompanying national biobank developmentsThis groundbreaking book makes clear that biobanks are a phenomenon that cannot be disconnected from considerations of power, politics, and the reshaping of current practices in governance.
It will be a valuable read for scholars and students of genetics, bioethics, risk, public health and the sociology of health and illness.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/04/2008
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- ISBN:9780415427388
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:248 pages, 1 Line drawings, black and white
- Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication Date:30/04/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9780415427388