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Informed consent and the secondary use of biospecimens in oncology research legal and bioethics perspectives

Includes bibliographical references. / Biospecimens1 collected during routine oncology diagnostic and therapeutic interventions may be stored for future medical purposes. In accordance with legal and ethical principles, the patient provides informed consent for removal of the tissue for diagnostic or therapeutic reasons. Informed consent gives permission for the violation of bodily integrity that is inevitable with tissue removal.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:uct/oai:localhost:11427/4693
Date January 2012
CreatorsErasmus, Pieter Miguel
ContributorsPope, Anne
PublisherUniversity of Cape Town, Faculty of Law, Department of Public Law
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeMaster Thesis, Masters, LLM
Formatapplication/pdf

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