Overvaluing individual consent ignores risks to tribal participants
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Krystal S. Tsosie, Joseph M. Yracheta, Donna Dickenson
Nature Reviews Genetics, 15 July 2019; 20 pp 497–498
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Genomic studies often rely on individual-based consent approaches for tribal members residing outside of their communities. This consent model fails to acknowledge the risks to small groups such as tribes, which can implicate the community as a whole…