Health Research, Consent and the GDPR Exemption

• Published in: European journal of health law Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 97 - 119
• Main Authors: Donnelly, Mary, McDonagh, Maeve
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Leiden | Boston Brill | Nijhoff 24.04.2019; Brill
• Subjects: data protection; health research; General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR); consent; research exemption; capacity

Abstract This article analyses the balance which the GDPR strikes between two important social values: protecting personal health data and facilitating health research through the lens of the consent requirement and the research exemption. The article shows that the normative weight of the consent r...