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Dec 9, 2023Keywords:
biomedical research, biotechnology, consent, dynamic consent, human biological material
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Reconsidering consent for biomedical research using human biological material and associated data
Larisse Prinsen
Abstract
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Consent, in the context of biomedical research, biotechnology and the use of human biological material and associated data, is examined here, and it is demonstrated that informed and broad consent do not constitute valid consent. Dynamic consent is introduced as a viable alternative. New science requires new models of consent and this Commentary introduces such a model so that consent may become future-flexible.
