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eBook details
- Title: Biobanks
- Author : Herbert Gottweis & Alan Petersen
- Release Date : January 28, 2008
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,Professional & Technical,Engineering,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 9563 KB
Description
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 developments
This 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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