Allocation of scarce biospecimens for use in research

被引:1
作者
Pierson, Leah [1 ]
Gibert, Sophia [2 ]
Berkman, Benjamin [3 ]
Danis, Marion [3 ]
Millum, Joseph [4 ]
机构
[1] Harvard Med Sch, MD PhD Program, Boston, MA 02115 USA
[2] MIT, PhD Program Philosophy, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
[3] NIH, Dept Bioeth, Bldg 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
[4] NIH, Clin Ctr, Dept Bioeth, Fogarty Int Ctr, Bldg 10, Bethesda, MD 20892 USA
关键词
allocation of health care resources; donation; procurement of organs; tissues; ethics; research ethics; resource allocation; HEALTH RESEARCH;
D O I
10.1136/medethics-2019-105766
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B82 [伦理学(道德学)];
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摘要
Hundreds of millions of rare biospecimens are stored in laboratories and biobanks around the world. Often, the researchers who possess these specimens do not plan to use them, while other researchers limit the scope of their work because they cannot acquire biospecimens that meet their needs. This situation raises an important and underexplored question: how should scientists allocate biospecimens that they do not intend to use? We argue that allocators should aim to maximise the social value of the research enterprise when allocating scarce biospecimens. We provide an ethical framework for assessing the social value of proposed research projects and describe how the framework could be implemented.
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