Blueprint for a deliberative public forum on biobanking policy: were theoretical principles achievable in practice?
Background: Public deliberation is recommended for obtaining citizen input to policy development when policies involve contested ethical dimensions, diverse perspectives on how to trade-off competing public interests and low public awareness of these perspectives. Several norms have been proposed fo...
| Publicado en: | Health Expectations Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 211 - 225 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Jun2013
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