Open AccessPublic Health Genomics in Spain: The Status of a Non-Existing Reality
Author(s) -
Iñaki Gutiérrez-Ibarluzea,
Dolores Ibarreta,
Núria Malats
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
public health genomics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.701
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1662-8063
pISSN - 1662-4246
DOI - 10.1159/000335550
Subject(s) - accreditation , genomic medicine , public health , genomics , political science , population , public relations , medicine , medical education , environmental health , nursing , biology , genetics , genome , gene , computational biology
The Public Health Genomics European Network (PHGEN) aimed, among other objectives, to identify the geographical variability and legal barriers of genomic medicine and public health genomics (PHG) at an international market, where the lack of policy coherence may limit its development in Europe. PHGEN supported the creation of National Task Forces (NTF) to overview the national settings and identify proposals in different European countries. Here we summarize the key issues which emerged during the discussions conducted within the Spanish NTF.