Cancer as Rubbish: Donation of Tumor Tissue for Research
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Morrell, Bronwen
Lipworth, Wendy
Axler, Renata
Kerridge, Ian
Little, Miles
Bibliographic Citation
Qualitative health research 2011 Jan; 21(1): 75-84
Abstract
Tissue banking (or biobanking), thought by many to be an essential form of medical research, has raised a number of ethical issues that highlight a need to understand the beliefs and values of tissue donors, including the motivations underlying consent or refusal to donate. Data from our qualitative study of the legal, social, and ethical issues surrounding tumor banking in New South Wales, Australia, show that participants' attitudes to donation of tumor tissue for research are partially captured by theories of weak altruism and social exchange. However, we argue that the psychological rewards of value transformation described by Thompson's rubbish theory provide additional insights into participants' attitudes to tumor donation. We believe our data provides sufficient justification for an approach to regulation of tumor banking that is aimed at fostering a relationship based on the notions of virtuous reassignment and social exchange.
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