Tsai, Duujian2019-09-252019-09-252011-03-032010-071173-2571http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/176628In Taiwan, pioneer projects in biomedicine, including studies of relevant legal regulations and preliminary planning for a large-scale biobank, have been launched recently. These actions reflect the nation‘s effort in joining the global trend of developing genomic science; but they also bring up the difficult issue of protecting civil rights in ethical, legal, and social senses. Fortunately, there has been a solid tradition of civic participation in public health. Community mobilization and participation is part of the primary foundation of the health care system at the critical moments, such as malaria eradication in 1965, successful population planning in early 1970s, and recent achievement in defending SARS outbreak.engWith permission of the license/copyright holdermoral communitymedical ethicsBioethicsArticle