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标题：Sustainable biobanks: a case study for a green global bioethics
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作者：G.Samuel ; F.Lucivero ; A.M.Lucassen 等
期刊名称：Global Bioethics
印刷版ISSN：1128-7462
电子版ISSN：1591-7398
出版年度：2022
卷号：33
期号：1
页码：50-64
DOI：10.1080/11287462.2021.1997428
语种：English
出版社：Taylor & Francis Group
摘要：This paper argues that as we move to redefine global bioethics, there is a need to be attentive to the ethical issues associated with the environmental sustainability of data and digital infrastructures in global health systems. We show that these infrastructures have thus far featured little in environmental impact discussions in the context of health, and we use a case study approach of biobanking to illustrate this. We argue that this missing discussion is problematic because biobanks have environmental impacts associated with data and digital infrastructures. We consider several ethical questions to consider these impacts: what ethical work does the concept of environmental sustainability add to the debate; how should this concept be prioritised in decision-making; and who should be responsible for doing so? We call on global bioethics to play a role in advancing this dialogue and addressing these questions.
关键词：Digital sustainability;sustainability;environmental;biobanking;bioethics