Recontacting participants for expanded uses of existing samples and data: a case study
Author(s) -
Stephanie C. Chen,
Benjamin E. Berkman,
Sara Chandros Hull
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
genetics in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.509
H-Index - 128
eISSN - 1530-0366
pISSN - 1098-3600
DOI - 10.1038/gim.2016.207
Subject(s) - waiver , institutional review board , informed consent , confusion , protocol (science) , medicine , data collection , biorepository , confidentiality , data sharing , family medicine , psychology , internet privacy , biobank , medical education , computer science , alternative medicine , bioinformatics , pathology , computer security , psychiatry , biology , political science , law , statistics , mathematics , psychoanalysis
Facilitating genomic research may require the use of samples and data collected via consent processes that did not include specific descriptions of secondary uses. We explore whether a waiver of consent with notification and the option to withdraw (WNOW) is a viable alternative to written informed consent for secondary uses of samples and data.
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