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Genetic privacy
Citation
Otlowski, MFA and Eckstein, LG, Genetic privacy, Tensions and Traumas in Health Law, The Federation Press, I Freckelton, K Petersen (ed), Australia, pp. 283-296. ISBN 9781760021498 (2017) [Research Book Chapter]
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Abstract
As a result of developments over the past half century in the mapping and sequencing of the human genome there is now increasing capacity to test for genetic mutations linked with specific diseases. There are different forms of genetic testing (eg, diagnostic and carrier testing). Perhaps most relevant for this chapter is predictive genetic testing of individuals whose families are affected bu a genetic disorder, to ascertain whether they have inherited the gene mutation and are therefore at risk. Whiles knowledge of predisposition to genetic risk can be psychologically burdensome, identification of a gene mutation through predictive genetic testing can facilitate surveillance, with the likelihood of detecting the onset of disease earlier, at a time when treatment is more likely to be effective.
Item Details
Item Type: | Research Book Chapter |
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Keywords: | privacy, genetics, ethics |
Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
Research Group: | Public law |
Research Field: | Public law not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Law, Politics and Community Services |
Objective Group: | Justice and the law |
Objective Field: | Justice and the law not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Otlowski, MFA (Professor Margaret Otlowski) |
UTAS Author: | Eckstein, LG (Dr Lisa Eckstein) |
ID Code: | 123021 |
Year Published: | 2017 |
Deposited By: | Law |
Deposited On: | 2017-12-11 |
Last Modified: | 2018-05-17 |
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