Case Bank
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Large scale research on the genetics of cardiovascular disease
Kurt is a teacher in Germany. He has been asked to join a large research project that is looking at the genetics of cardiovascular disease. This will involve giving a DNA sample, answering a questionnaire and allowing details of his treatment to be given to the researchers. This study will directly help clinicians decide which drug to give to those patients who are enrolled in the study. Researchers at the local hospital where Kurt is being treated, in collaboration with a team of researchers from a European university and a medical sciences institute in China, are conducting the study. Kurt has been asked to give a broad consent that will allow the researchers to keep the DNA sample and information for use in suitably approved future research projects. This will save them the expense of coming back for consent for each new research project. He can choose whether researchers […]
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Satellite and Health Data Dengue Prevention Study
A group of researchers from a university want to study the correlation between climate features, population density, construction site activity, and the Dengue incidence rate. Anecdotal evidence suggests that several factors are predictive of spikes in infection rates: heavy rainfall, population density and construction site activities. The result of this research is a risk map, which will allow for the effective prediction of ‘hot zones’. Authorities will then be able to use their resources more effectively when deciding on appropriate preventive measures. In order to carry out this study, the researchers intend to among other things, obtain health data over the last twelve months as well as over the next twelve months, from all public hospitals in Singapore regarding patients who have been diagnosed with dengue. Although researchers do not require names and IC numbers, they will need to know where the patients live and their places of work/study. […]