University of Copenhagen, Karen Blixens Plads 8, 2300, Copenhagen S, Denmark.
J Bioeth Inq. 2022 Dec;19(4):613-623. doi: 10.1007/s11673-022-10208-5. Epub 2022 Sep 6.
Obtaining human genetic samples is vital for many biobank research purposes, yet, the ethics of obtainment seems to many fraught with difficulties. One key issue is consent: it is by many considered ethically vital that consent must be fully informed (at least ideally speaking) in order to be legitimate. In this paper, we argue for a more liberal approach to consent: a donor need not know all the specifics of future uses of the sample. We argue that blanket consent is ethically defensible, and that this is buttressed by considerations of (justified) trust-relations. Given robust institutional oversight, blanket consent is a permissible form of consent in the bio-banking context.
获取人类遗传样本对于许多生物库研究目的至关重要，但获取样本的伦理道德似乎存在许多困难。一个关键问题是同意：许多人认为，同意必须是完全知情的（至少从理想的角度来看），才能是合法的。在本文中，我们主张采取更自由的同意方式：捐赠者不必了解样本未来使用的所有具体细节。我们认为，普遍同意在伦理上是可以辩护的，并且这是基于（合理的）信任关系的考虑。在强大的机构监督下，普遍同意是生物库背景下可接受的同意形式。
