Legal rights and human genetic material / edited by Bartha Maria Knoppers, Timothy Caulfied, and T. Douglas Kinsella.

[Toronto?] : Emond Montgomery Publications, 1996.

viii, 180 pages ; 23 cm

"A collaboration of Université de Montréal, Faculté de droit, Centre de recherche en droit public; Health Law Institute, Faculty of law, University of Alberta; The University of Calgary, Faculty of Law"

Introduction / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Timothy Caulfield, T. Douglas Kinsella -- Ethical implications of current practices in human DNA banking in Canada / Maria J. Verhoef, Raymond M. Lewkonia, T. Douglas Kinsella -- DNA banking: current and ideal practices / Beatrice Godard, Maria J. Verhoef -- DNA banking/collecting: a Canadian "sample" of consent forms / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Claude Laberge -- The common law status of genetic material / Moe Litman, Gerald Robertson -- Civil law and the status of human genetic material / Marie Hirtle -- Patent law and human DNA: current practice / Timothy Caulfield, Kathy Cherniawsky, Erin Nelson -- International policy positions on the banking and further use of human genetic material / Marie Hirtle -- Conclusion: human genetic material - commodity or gift? / Bartha Maria Knoppers -- Appendix: proposed model consent form for DNA sampling and storage for medical research / Bartha Maria Knoppers, Claude Laberge, Kathleen Cranley Glass, Beatrice Godard.

Includes bibliographical references