title: Why governance? A challenge to good governance of biobanks.
abstract: In this commentary on Karla Stroud and Kieran O'Doherty's 'Ethically Sustainable Governance in the Biobanking of Eggs and Embryos for Research' (2015) I call into question the need for good governance to overcome the challenges facing biobanking of eggs and embryos. I argue that the principles of good governance for biobanking that Stroud and O'Doherty outline come up short in providing concrete normative guidance to resolve the challenges associated with a biobank for eggs and embryos.
authors.affiliation: Novel Tech Ethics, Dalhousie University, 1379 Seymour Street, PO Box 15000, Halifax, NS, B3H 4R2, Canada. katharine.browne@dal.ca.
authors.forename: Katharine
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Browne
mesh_terms: D018070:Biological Specimen Banks / Q000941:ethics* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D033041:Embryo Research; D032984:Ethics, Research; D006801:Humans; D018587:Oocyte Donation / Q000941:ethics*
keywords: Biobank; Eggs; Embryos; Governance; Health research; Informed consent
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