Marie Claire Tonna

Children and Biobanks

A Case for Reflexivity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The inclusion of children within epidemiological studies has been sustained by three main protective measures: proxy consent, assent and research classified as of minimal risk . These have raised issues centring on when the child should be considered able to decide on such participation. Studies on longitudinal birth cohort studies reveal that there exists a tension surrounding such issues. Since autonomy is regarded as necessary for informed consent, researchers have sought developmental theories that map cognitive abilities along a biological trajectory towards autonomy. Consequently, children s competencies are seen as largely determined by natural causes. This book draws attention to the social constructiveness of concepts central to the child s decisional power. This is to underscore that technologies, such as biobanks, play a role in defining childhood , through the provision of a novel context in which to define the competencies of the child.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. September 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 155g
• ISBN-13: 9783845434346
• ISBN-10: 3845434341
• Artikelnr.: 34089790

Autorenporträt

Born in Malta in 1987, Marie Claire Tonna has read for a degree in Social Anthropology at the University of Malta and has furthered her studies in undertaking a Masters in Science and Technology Policy and Management at the University of Edinburgh.