Chapter 6 - Toward a reciprocity-based relational autonomy for population biobanks: advantages and limitations

Abstract

In this chapter, I demonstrate that, despite certain limitations, reciprocity is the most suitable conceptual grounding for relational autonomy in population biobanks. The result of which, as I will show, is a more appropriate conception of autonomy that is capable of theoretically framing the disclosure of information during the consent process. This is so because, when compared to individualistic autonomy, reciprocity-based relational autonomy offers a more solid basis on which complex, ongoing, and multilateral relationships can both be acknowledged and sustained.