Elger, Bernice.

Ethical issues of human genetic databases : a challenge to classical health research ethics? / Bernice Elger. - Farnham, Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2010. - [xiii], 318 p. ; 24 cm. - Medical law and ethics .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [257]-299) and index.

Introduction -- Selected existing genetic database : distinctive features, ethical problems and the public debate -- The ethical debate : principles, values and interests : the ethical foundations of guidelines -- Selected issues of consensus and of controversy -- Ethical issues of human genetic databases and the future.

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Medical genetics--Databases--Moral and ethical aspects.
Human genetics--Databases--Moral and ethical aspects.
Medicine--Research--Moral and ethical aspects.

RB155 / .E455 2010