Scientific ethics and the use of human material or data Ética científica y uso de material o datos colectados de seres humanos
Author
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Valenzuela Yuraidini, Carlos
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2019-03-11T13:03:59Z
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2019-03-11T13:03:59Z
Publication date
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2012
Cita de ítem
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Revista Medica de Chile, Volumen 140, Issue 3, 2018, Pages 390-395
Identifier
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00349887
Identifier
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07176163
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10.4067/S0034-98872012000300018
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https://repositorio.uchile.cl/handle/2250/165579
Abstract
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A scientific article censured by superposing obstacles to its reading remembers the censure of Galileo made by the Inquisition. The censure followed the failure to obtain the informed consent (IC) to disclose results of old samples. At present, the use of collected data or samples for a new research needs a new IC, in most ethical protocols. The Helsinki Code allows the research ethics committees the authorization for the use of that information. This norm is founded rather in commercial, legal or protective arguments than in ethical bases. This article criticizes this norm from the Scientific Ethics viewpoint because: i) the ownership of the genome and environment that originate a person is not of such person but of the human society and Homo sapiens species, ii) a person is not the unique owner of that information; laboratories, institutions, health services and research teams add constituents to it, iii) several violations to this norm occurring in medical, labor, legal and social p