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. 2017 Dec;14(4):485-488.
doi: 10.1007/s11673-017-9815-8. Epub 2017 Nov 8.

Ethics and Epistemology of Big Data

Wendy Lipworth  1 , Paul H Mason  2 , Ian Kerridge  3
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Ethics and Epistemology of Big Data

Wendy Lipworth et al. J Bioeth Inq. 2017 Dec.

Abstract

In this Symposium on the Ethics and Epistemology of Big Data, we present four perspectives on the ways in which the rapid growth in size of research databanks-i.e. their shift into the realm of "big data"-has changed their moral, socio-political, and epistemic status. While there is clearly something different about "big data" databanks, we encourage readers to place the arguments presented in this Symposium in the context of longstanding debates about the ethics, politics, and epistemology of biobank, database, genetic, and epidemiological research.

Keywords: Big data; Biobank; Consent; Databank; Database; Privacy; Research ethics.

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