Biobanking and Privacy Laws in Australia. Issue 4 (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chalmers, Don
• Is Part Of: Journal of law, medicine & ethics. Volume 43:Issue 4(2015)
• Page Start: 703
• Page End: 713
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: Medical laws and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Periodicals; Medical ethics -- Periodicals; Jurisprudence -- Periodicals; Legislation, Medical -- Periodicals; Legislation, Nursing -- Periodicals; Ethics -- Periodicals; Forensic Medicine -- Periodicals; Nursing -- Periodicals; Medicine -- Periodicals; Societies -- Periodicals; Medical care -- Law and legislation; Medical ethics; Medical laws and legislation; United States; Periodicals; 344.73041
• DOI: 10.1111/jlme.12313
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1073-1105

Abstract

Abstract : Australia is a multi-cultural society with a population of nearly 24 million. The Aboriginal heritage traces back some 40, 000 years and continues to influence Australian culture as a whole. A large proportion of Australian citizens were of British descent or birth at the outset of the last century, but post-World War II there was significant immigration from other European nations, particularly from Greece and Italy. In the last decades, there has been a significant intake of migrants from Asia.