The umbilical cord blood : controversies in medical law /

The umbilical cord blood : controversies in medical law /

Since the therapeutic value of umbilical cord blood (UCB) stem cells was first recognised in the late 1980s, there has been a proliferation of both public and private UCB banks worldwide. However, the ability to utilise such a potentially valuable resource has provoked a number of controversies. In...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Devine, Karen
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2017
Series:Biomedical law and ethics library
Subjects:
Biomedical engineering > Law and legislation
Genetic engineering > Law and legislation
Human experimentation in medicine > Law and legislation
Human experimentation in medicine > Moral and ethical aspects
Fetal blood > Transplantation > Moral and ethical aspects
Stem cells > Transplantation > Moral and ethical aspects
Blood banks > Law and legislation
Fetal blood > Therapeutic use
Hematopoietic stem cells
Informed consent (Medical law)
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Table of Contents:
  • Background to the controversies
  • The risks of cord blood collection
  • The rise of the cord blood industry
  • Cord blood and the role of informed consent in law in the UK
  • Cord blood and the standards of care in negligence in the UK
  • Cord blood ownership

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