A STUDY OF BIOETHICAL KNOWLEDGE AND PERCEPTIONS IN KOREA

This study assessed the knowledge and perception of human biological materials (HBM) and biorepositories among three study groups in South Korea. The relationship between the knowledge and the perception among different groups was also examined by using factor and regression analyses. In a self-repo...

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Main Author: Park, Young-Joon (Author)
Contributors: Kim, Sujin ; Kim, Aeree ; Ha, Seung-Yeon ; Lee, Young-Mee ; Shin, Bong-Kyung ; Lee, Hyun-Joo ; Park, Soojin ; Kim, Han-Kyeom
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2010
In: Bioethics
Year: 2010, Volume: 24, Issue: 6, Pages: 309-322
Further subjects:B Regression Analysis
B Factor analysis
B Tissue banks
B Human biorepository network
B Korean bioethics
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Summary:This study assessed the knowledge and perception of human biological materials (HBM) and biorepositories among three study groups in South Korea. The relationship between the knowledge and the perception among different groups was also examined by using factor and regression analyses. In a self-reporting survey of 440 respondents, the expert group was found more likely to be knowledgeable and positively perceived than the others. Four factors emerged: Sale and Consent, Flexible Use, Self-Confidence, and Korean Bioethics and Biosafety Action restriction perception. The results indicate that those who are well aware of the existence of biobanks were more positively inclined to receive the Sale and Consent perception. As a result of the need for high quality HBMs and the use of appropriate sampling procedures for every aspect of the collection and use process, the biorepository community should pay attention to ethical, legal, and policy issues.
ISSN:1467-8519
Contains:Enthalten in: Bioethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8519.2008.00706.x