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KMID : 0904520140350010263
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Health and Medical Sociology
2014 Volume.35 No. 1 p.263 ~ p.283
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The Principal Issues and Prospects of Biobank Management
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Kim Sang-Hyun
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Abstract
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This study aims to identify the principal issues and prospects of biobank management based on a survey of 13 researchers. The survey was conducted in October 2012 using questionnaires with open-ended questions. The main results are as follows: Most respondents followed a procedure of informed consent despite experiencing various (often ambiguous) legal and ethical difficulties. Domestic biobanks are not satisfied with the definition of “biobank” proposed by the existing research. Broad consent was considered indispensable if it could be complementary to the principles of informed consent. Data sharing among researchers or countries was perceived to be one of the most important aspects of biobank management. It was similar to numbers between the support and the opposite of distribution of benefits to donors. The institutionalization of biobanks was left as a task to be worked out in the future. For a biobank to be successful, it is necessary to establish a clear policy direction and to make concrete efforts (reorganization of the biobank system, implementation of broad consent, social discussion of benefit sharing, and efforts for reducing researchers’ legal and ethical conflicts). Policies must be prepared using institutional strategies on the basis of public consensus and trust among citizens, researchers, and the government. Finally, it is necessary for researchers to recognize the social, legal, and ethical implications of biobank management by setting up an integrative channel to inform researchers of important issues regarding biobank policies.
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KEYWORD
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Biobank, Informed consent, Data sharing, Distribution of benefits, Public consensus and trust
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