The tobacco industry, researchers, and ethical access to UK biobank: Using the public interest and public good

B.J. Capps and Y. Van Der Eijk

American Journal of Public Health, 2014, vol. 104, issue 10, 1833-1839

Abstract: We have asked whether the strategic purpose of the tobacco industry is something that a public resource, such as UK Biobank, should support. Tobacco industry health research has been known to work irreconcilably with the purposes of such institutions, which can be surmised as for the public good and defined to improve the provision, diagnosis, and treatment of illness and the promotion of health throughout society.

Keywords: article; conflict of interest; ethics; genetics; health care facility; human; medical research; organization and management; tobacco industry; United Kingdom, Biological Specimen Banks; Biomedical Research; Conflict of Interest; Genetic Research; Great Britain; Humans; Tobacco Industry (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302138

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