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Review
. 2006 Mar 4;332(7540):544-7.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.332.7540.544.

One-time general consent for research on biological samples

David Wendler  1
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Review

One-time general consent for research on biological samples

David Wendler. BMJ. .

Abstract

It is now recognised that people should give informed consent for use of their biological samples in research. The literature on individuals' views supports one-time general consent as the best approach for this purpose

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