'Biohoarding': treasures not seen, stories not told.

Catchpoole, D

'Biohoarding': treasures not seen, stories not told.

Catchpoole, D

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Publisher:: SAGE Publications
Publication Type:: Journal Article
Citation:: J Health Serv Res Policy, 2016, 21, (2), pp. 140-142
Issue Date:: 2016-04

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dc.contributor.author	Catchpoole, D https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5836-1413
dc.date.accessioned	2022-08-11T08:27:35Z
dc.date.available	2022-08-11T08:27:35Z
dc.date.issued	2016-04
dc.identifier.citation	J Health Serv Res Policy, 2016, 21, (2), pp. 140-142
dc.identifier.issn	1355-8196
dc.identifier.issn	1758-1060
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/159956
dc.description.abstract	This article raises the concern that biobanks are failing to realize the expected research and health service outcomes. Rather than biobanking, we have been engaging in 'biohoarding', where building a quantifiable collection of tissue samples is the primary basis of the bio-resource. The root cause of 'biohoarding' is an ideological and motivational confusion as to the purpose for collecting the tissue in the first place. We have lost sight of the knowledge gain that biobanks should generate. The obligation to prevent 'biohoarding' lies not with researchers, funders or managers but with policy makers.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	SAGE Publications
dc.relation.ispartof	J Health Serv Res Policy
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1355819615599014
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.subject	1117 Public Health and Health Services, 1402 Applied Economics
dc.subject.classification	Health Policy & Services
dc.subject.mesh	Biological Specimen Banks
dc.subject.mesh	Biomedical Research
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Policy
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Biomedical Research
dc.subject.mesh	Biological Specimen Banks
dc.subject.mesh	Policy
dc.title	'Biohoarding': treasures not seen, stories not told.
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1117 Public Health and Health Services
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Abstract:

This article raises the concern that biobanks are failing to realize the expected research and health service outcomes. Rather than biobanking, we have been engaging in 'biohoarding', where building a quantifiable collection of tissue samples is the primary basis of the bio-resource. The root cause of 'biohoarding' is an ideological and motivational confusion as to the purpose for collecting the tissue in the first place. We have lost sight of the knowledge gain that biobanks should generate. The obligation to prevent 'biohoarding' lies not with researchers, funders or managers but with policy makers.

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