Open AccessPrivacy rights of human research participants in South Africa must be taken seriously
Author(s) -
Donrich Thaldar,
Beverley Townsend,
Ciara Staunton,
Rachel Adams,
Marietjie Botes,
Edward S. Dove,
Lyn Horn,
Melodie Labuschaigne,
Glaudina Loots,
S Mahomed,
Antonel Olckers,
Michael Sean Pepper,
Anne Pope,
Michael A. E. Ramsay,
Nóra Ní Loideáin,
Jantina de Vries
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
samj. south african medical journal/south african medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.527
H-Index - 57
eISSN - 2078-5135
pISSN - 0256-9574
DOI - 10.7196/samj.2020.v110i3.14450
Subject(s) - medicine , townsend , safeguarding , informed consent , human rights , internet privacy , law , nursing , alternative medicine , pathology , physics , quantum mechanics , political science , computer science
Letter by Thaldar and Townsend, following an article by the same authors (Thaldar D, Townsend B. Genomic research and privacy: A response to Staunton et al. S Afr Med J 2020;110(3):172-174. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2020.v110i3.14431) and both commenting on an article by Staunton et al. (Staunton C, Adams R, Botes M, et al. Safeguarding the future of genomic research in South Africa: Broad consent and the Protection of Personal Information Act No. 4 of 2013. S Afr Med J 2019;109(7):468-470. https://doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2019.v109i7.14148); and response to article and letter by Staunton et al.