oD support open standards:

About Tiina Tasmuth

Tiina Tasmuth is a research fellow in the palliative care research group at the Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland. In 1997, she received her doctor’s degree in cancer pain at Helsinki University, and was subsequently elected head of the health education chair at the Tallinn University of Education Sciences, Estonia. Since 1999 she has published many articles on this subject in the Estonian press.

Articles by Tiina Tasmuth

Wednesday 28th May

The Estonian Gene Bank Project - an overt business plan

The Estonian Genome Project Foundation tried to build on the experience of Iceland’s innovative, contested genetic research project (analysed by Skúli Sigurdsson in openDemocracy). Did the small Baltic state learn from Iceland’s mistakes? A research fellow and close observer of the Estonian initiative tells the fascinating, melancholy story – which challenges the corporate interests involved to respond.
Syndicate content