TY - JOUR
T1 - Stem Cell Research Ethics
T2 - Consensus Statement on Emerging Issues
AU - Caulfield, Timothy
AU - Ogbogu, Ubaka
AU - Nelson, Erin
AU - Einsiedel, Edna
AU - Knoppers, Bartha
AU - McDonald, Michael
AU - Brunger, Fern
AU - Downey, Robin
AU - Fernando, Kanchana
AU - Galipeau, Jacques
AU - Geransar, Rose
AU - Grenier, Glenn
AU - Hyun, Insoo
AU - Isasi, Rosario
AU - Kardel, Melanie
AU - Knowles, Lori
AU - Kucic, Terrence
AU - Lotjonen, Salla
AU - Lyall, Drew
AU - Magnus, David
AU - Mathews, Debra J.H.
AU - Nisbet, Matthew
AU - Nisker, Jeffrey
AU - Pare, Guillaume
AU - Pattinson, Shaun
AU - Pullman, Daryl
AU - Rudnicki, Michael
AU - Williams-Jones, Bryn
AU - Zimmerman, Susan
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to thank the following for funding support: the Canadian Stem Cell Network, Genome Alberta, and the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. Special thanks to the authors of the background papers, to all workshop participants for their contribution to this project, and in particular to the participants from the Canadian policy-maker community who could not be listed as authors because of their employment position. We would also like to thank Nina Hawkins and the entire Health Law Institute research team for their invaluable research and administrative support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2007 Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - This article is a consensus statement by an international interdisciplinary group of academic experts and Canadian policy-makers on emerging ethical, legal, and social issues in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in Canada. The process of reaching consensus included consultations with key stakeholders in hESC research (regulators, stem cell researchers, and research ethics experts), preparation and distribution of background papers, and an international workshop held in Montreal in February 2007 to discuss the papers and debate recommendations. The recommendations provided in the consensus statement focus on issues of immediate relevance to Canadian policy-makers, including informed consent to hESC research, the use of fresh embryos in research, management of conflicts of interest, and the relevance of public opinion research to policy-making.
AB - This article is a consensus statement by an international interdisciplinary group of academic experts and Canadian policy-makers on emerging ethical, legal, and social issues in human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research in Canada. The process of reaching consensus included consultations with key stakeholders in hESC research (regulators, stem cell researchers, and research ethics experts), preparation and distribution of background papers, and an international workshop held in Montreal in February 2007 to discuss the papers and debate recommendations. The recommendations provided in the consensus statement focus on issues of immediate relevance to Canadian policy-makers, including informed consent to hESC research, the use of fresh embryos in research, management of conflicts of interest, and the relevance of public opinion research to policy-making.
KW - Embryonic stem cells
KW - Ethics conflict of interest
KW - Policy
KW - Research
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U2 - 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32632-9
DO - 10.1016/S1701-2163(16)32632-9
M3 - Article
C2 - 17915069
AN - SCOPUS:38449120818
SN - 1701-2163
VL - 29
SP - 843
EP - 848
JO - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
JF - Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Canada
IS - 10
ER -