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.

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-est...

Table of Contents:

• From the contents: Framing the Field of Biobanking and Trust
• Ethical Issues
• Legal Issues
• Social Issues.