Medical Law International - Social Inclusivity Vs Analytical Acuity? A Qualitative Study Of UK Researchers Regarding The Inclusion Of Minority Ethnic Groups In Biobanks

SOCIAL INCLUSIVITY VS ANALYTICAL ACUITY?
A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF UK RESEARCHERS REGARDING THE INCLUSION OF MINORITY ETHNIC GROUPS IN BIOBANKS
ANDREW SMART
Bath Spa University

RICHARD TUTTON
Lancaster University

RICHARD ASHCROFT
Queen Mary, University of London

PAUL MARTIN, ANDREW BALMER, RICHARD ELLIOT
University of Nottingham

GEORGE T.H. ELLISON
St George’s, University of London

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Thanks to Sue Gibbons, University of Oxford, for her guidance and assistance in preparing the manuscript, and to Jo Sumner, formerly of the Wellcome Trust, for meeting with RT and AS to discuss some of the issues addressed in this paper. Our projects examining the use of ‘racial’ and ethnic categories in genetics and biomedical research have been supported by three grants from the Wellcome Trust’s Biomedical Ethics Research Programme: 057182 – Ellison; 057180 – Ashcroft; 073524/2/03/2/AW/HH – Martin, Ashcroft, Ellison and Smart. See also www.nottingham.ac.uk/iss/research/Completed-Research-Projects/Staff_Projects/martin_race.php (last accessed 23.02.08).

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