Understanding Umbilical Cord Blood Banking: What Women Need to Know Before Deciding

Kharaboyan, Linda; Knoppers, Bartha Maria; Avard, Denise; Nisker, Jeff

doi:10.1016/j.whi.2006.03.006

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Volume 17, Issue 5 , Pages 277-280, September 2007

Understanding Umbilical Cord Blood Banking:

What Women Need to Know Before Deciding

Linda Kharaboyan, LLB
- Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Linda Kharaboyan, LLB, is a lawyer and research associate affiliated to the Centre de recherche en droit public at the Université de Montréal. She has conducted extensive research on newborn screening and bloodspot storage and is now examining the socio-ethical and legal questions surrounding umbilical cord blood banking.
Bartha Maria Knoppers, PhD
- Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Bartha Maria Knoppers, PhD, holds the Canada Research Chair in Law and Medicine and the Chaire d’excellence Pierre Fermat (France). She is a Professor at the Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal and Senior Researcher at the Centre de recherche en droit public.
Denise Avard, PhD
- Centre de Recherche en Droit Public, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
- Denise Avard, PhD, is the Research Director for the Genetics and Society Project at the Université de Montréal. Her research interests are in the areas of genetic testing and screening relevant to newborn, children, adolescents and persons with disabilities.
- Correspondence to: Denise Avard, PhD, Centre de recherche en droit public. Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, succ. Centre-ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
Jeff Nisker, MD, PhD, FRCSC
- Shulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
- Jeff Nisker, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Coordinator of Health Ethics and Humanities and Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Oncology at the Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Western Ontario (UWO). His research is transdisciplinary, centering on public engagement for health-policy development, particularly regarding emerging genetic technologies.