Research Catalog

Title

Stored tissue samples : ethical, legal, and public policy implications / edited by Rober F. Weir.

Publication

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Additional Authors

Weir, Robert F., 1943-

Description

xiv, 374 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Subjects

• Legislation as Topic
• Preservation of organs, tissues, etc > Law and legislation
• Ethics
• Tissue Banks
• Morals
• Tissue banks
• Preservation of organs, tissues, etc > Political aspects
• Preservation of organs, tissues, etc > Moral and ethical aspects
• Organ Preservation
• Tissue Preservation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface / Robert F. Weir -- Pt. I. Stored Tissue Samples in Specific Clinical and Research Settings. A Pilot Test of DNA-based Analysis Using Anonymized Newborn Screening Cards in Iowa / M. Therese Lysaught, Lisa Milhollin and Ryan Peirce [et al.]. An Ethical and Policy Framework for the Collection of Umbilical Cord Blood Stem Cells / Dorothy E. Vawter. Human Embryo Cryopreservation: Benefits and Adverse Consequences / Amy E. T. Sparks. Use of Stored Tissue Samples for Genetic Research in Epidemiologic Studies / Karen K. Steinberg, Eric J. Sampson and Geraldine M. McQuillan [et al.]. Informed Consent, Stored Tissue Samples, and the Human Genome Diversity Project: Protecting the Rights of Research Participants / Henry T. Greely -- Pt. II. Multidisciplinary Perspectives: History, Biomedical Research, Ethics, and Law. Beyond the Grave - The Use and Meaning of Human Body Parts: A Historical Introduction / Susan C. Lawrence.
• Negotiating Diverse Values in a Pluralist Society: Limiting Access to Genetic Information / Mary Ann G. Cutter. Researcher Obligations to Tissue and DNA Sample Sources / Curtis R. Naser. Human Biological Samples and the Laws of Property: The Trust as a Model for Biological Repositories / Karen Gottlieb. DNA Banking: An Empirical Study of a Proposed Consent Form / Jon F. Merz and Pamela Sankar. Human Genetic Material: Commodity or Gift? / Bartha Maria Knoppers. Advance Directives for the Use of Stored Tissue Samples / Robert F. Weir. The Role of Community in Research with Stored Tissue Samples / William L. Freeman -- Pt. III. Special Issues in the Use of Stored Tissue Samples in Forensic and Military Settings. The Use and Development of DNA Databanks in Law Enforcement / John W. Hicks. Storing Genes to Solve Crimes: Legal, Ethical, and Public Policy Considerations / Jean E. McEwen. DNA Banking in the Military: An Ethical Analysis / Kenneth Kipnis.
• Stored Biologic Specimens for Military Identification: The Department of Defense DNA Registry / Victor Walter Weedn.

ISBN

• 0877456348 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0877456356 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

98011343

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries