Trust in Biobanking Dealing with Ethical, Legal and Social Issues in an Emerging Field of Biotechnology /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dabrock, Peter (Editor), Taupitz, Jochen (Editor), Ried, Jens (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, 33
• Subjects: Law.; Biotechnology.; Ethics.; Medicine > Philosophy.; Medical laws and legislation.; Public international law.; Public International Law.; Medical Law.; Philosophy of Medicine.; Biomedicine general.
• Physical Description: XII, 266 p. 10 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540788454
• ISSN: 1617-1497 ;

Biobanks are promising instruments of biomedical research and of transnational medicine in particular. Ethical, legal and social issues associated with biobanking, however, have recently led to a more critical view on this concept. All efforts addressing these concerns have been grounded on well-established standards of biomedical ethics such as informed consent procedures, protection of individual autonomy, benefit sharing etc. By additionally highlighting the widely neglected aspect of trust, this book aims at broadening the horizon of the ELSI-debate and thus filling a gap in current research on biobanking. The contributions of leading experts and junior researchers cover a wide field of disciplines relevant for biobanking including law, ethics, medicine, public health, social sciences, philosophy and theology.