Informed Consent Issues in Biobanks / 中国医学伦理学

ABSTRACT

As the impact of molecular and genomic data grows in epidemiology,numerous studies of genetic epidemiology and post-genomics research rely increasingly on the use of human biobanks.Biobanking ranges in scope from small collections of samples in academic or hospital settings to large-scale national repositories.In this context,the construction of biobank is confronting With numerows ethical challenges,informed consent in particular.The paper analyses several concent moder of participation in biobank and explores the optinal model of China——opt-out.