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Record Nr.

UNINA9910811512003321

Titolo

Populations and genetics : legal and socio-ethical perspectives / / edited by Bartha Maria Knoppers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden ; ; Boston, : Martinus Nijhoff, 2003

ISBN

1-280-46532-8

9786610465323

1-4237-2168-3

90-474-0293-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (669 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KnoppersBartha Maria

Disciplina

344.04196

Soggetti

Medical genetics - Law and legislation

DNA fingerprinting - Law and legislation

Human population genetics - Moral and ethical aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Proceedings of the 3rd International DNA Sampling Conference held in Montreal, Quebec, 2002.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Acknowledgements; In memoriam; Prologue; Contents; Section 1 - Of Biobanks and Databases; Section 2 - Of Populations and Communities; Section 3 - Of Commerce, Patents and Benefit-Sharing; Section 4 - Of Information and Discrimination; Epilogue - Statement of Principles on the Ethical Conduct of Human Genetic Research Involving Populations

Sommario/riassunto

Genetic research and testing is not limited to individuals and their families. Increasingly, there is focus on communities and even whole populations. This raises legal and socio-ethical and issues that have not been addressed. In this age of international biobanking involving populations, are current legal and ethical approaches sufficient? This book of selected papers covers population research and banking as well as accompanying confidentiality, and governance concerns. Possible commercialization, patents, benefit sharing, discrimination, and the role of patient organizations and of developing countries are also discussed. New perspectives and models are provided. The book concludes with a Statement of Principles on the Ethical Conduct of Human Genetic Research Involving Populations. Policymakers,



academics, legislators and researchers will find this book to be current and controversial. The human genome may be mapped but the legal and socio-ethical debate is far from over.