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| Title |
Ethical issues in the export, storage and reuse of human biological samples in biomedical research: perspectives of key stakeholders in Ghana and Kenya
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| Published in |
BMC Medical Ethics, October 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/1472-6939-15-76 |
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| Authors |
Paulina Tindana, Catherine S Molyneux, Susan Bull, Michael Parker |
| Abstract |
For many decades, access to human biological samples, such as cells, tissues, organs, blood, and sub-cellular materials such as DNA, for use in biomedical research, has been central in understanding the nature and transmission of diseases across the globe. However, the limitations of current ethical and regulatory frameworks in sub-Saharan Africa to govern the collection, export, storage and reuse of these samples have resulted in inconsistencies in practice and a number of ethical concerns for sample donors, researchers and research ethics committees. This paper examines stakeholders' perspectives of and responses to the ethical issues arising from these research practices. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 5 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 4 | 80% |
| Unknown | 1 | 20% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 2 | 40% |
| Scientists | 2 | 40% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 20% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 136 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 135 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 23 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 18 | 13% |
| Researcher | 18 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 9 | 7% |
| Lecturer | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 14% |
| Unknown | 44 | 32% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 18 | 13% |
| Social Sciences | 15 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 10% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 6 | 4% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 31 | 23% |
| Unknown | 48 | 35% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 July 2019.
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#8,633,295
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Outputs from BMC Medical Ethics
#717
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#90,992
of 272,133 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Ethics
#7
of 14 outputs
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