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Record Nr.

UNINA9910725046803321

Titolo

The Ethical and legal regulation of human tissue and biobank research in Europe : Proceedings of the Tiss.EU Project / / edited by Katharina Beier [three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Göttingen : , : Universitätsverlag Göttingen, , 2011

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (183 pages)

Disciplina

610.28

Soggetti

Biomedical engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Human tissue and biobank research is of increasing importance for understanding the causes of widespread diseases and developing effective therapies. However, while the success of biobank research depends on the availability of a large number of samples and the consolidation of collections across country borders is very desirable from the perspective of researchers, the legal and ethical requirements for the procurement, storage and use of human tissue samples are rather heterogeneous across different countries. Moreover, the lack of comprehensive supranational regulation on human tissue and biobanking can be seen as posing a serious threat to transnational biomedical research. Against this background, it was one of the aims of the EU-funded Tiss.EU project ("Evaluation of Legislation and Related Guidelines on the Procurement, Storage and Transfer of Human Tissues and Cells in the European Union - an Evidence-Based Impact Analysis") to analyse the ethical and legal regulation of human tissue and biobank research across the 27 European Member States plus Switzerland. The results of nine international workshops and three conferences are gathered in this volume. While the country reports evaluate the implementation of ethical and legal guidelines at a national level, point out their strengths and deficits, and, where required, create an evidence base for the revision of said legislation, the conference reports address more general ethical and legal issues in this field. The



volume is completed by a final presentation of project's results.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961575503321

Autore

Beall Jo <1952->

Titolo

Uniting a divided city : governance and social exclusion in Johannesburg / / Jo Beall, Owen Crankshaw, Susan Parnell

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Sterling, VA, : Earthscan Publications, c2002

ISBN

1-136-54950-1

1-4175-2238-0

600-00-0258-0

9786610475797

1-136-54951-X

1-280-47579-X

1-84977-365-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 p. ) : ill

Altri autori (Persone)

CrankshawOwen

ParnellSue

Disciplina

306/.096822/1

Soggetti

Social change - South Africa - Johannesburg

Urban renewal - South Africa - Johannesburg

Community development - South Africa - Johannesburg

Municipal services - South Africa - Johannesburg

Marginality, Social - South Africa - Johannesburg

Johannesburg (South Africa) Social conditions

Johannesburg (South Africa) Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [214]-229) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Part 1: Ways of Understanding Divided Cities - Introduction to a Divided City * Reverberations from a Divided City * Part 2: The Changing Spatial Structure of the City - Beyond Racial Fordism: Changing Patterns of Social Inequality * Post-Fordist Polarization: The Changing Spatial Order of the City * Part 3: Institutional Responses to Urban Change - Decentralization by Stealth: Democratization or Disempowerment



through Developmental Local Government? * the Politics of Fiscal Austerity in Creating Equitable City Government * Part 4: Living in a Divided City - the Inner-city Challenge: Locating Partners for Urban Regeneration * Participatory Planning and Informal Settlement Upgrading in Diepsloot * Housing and Service Consumption in Soweto * the People Behind the Walls: Insecurity, Identity and gated Communities * Conclusion: Lessons from a Uniting City * Notes * References * Index

Sommario/riassunto

Decision-makers in cities worldwide have attempted to balance harsh fiscal and administrative realities with growing demands for political, economic and social justice. This text looks at approaches to urban economic development in Johannesburg.