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Genetic Discrimination: Meeting the Challenges of an Emerging Issue
Citation
Otlowski, MFA, Genetic Discrimination: Meeting the Challenges of an Emerging Issue, The University of New South Wales Law Journal, 26, (3) pp. 764-769. ISSN 0313-0096 (2003) [Refereed Article]
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Abstract
Developments in human genetic technology, including predictive genetic testing, have great potential for improving health and for Australia's financial advancement, but it is feared to give rise to genetic discrimination, that is the differential treatment of individuals, based on actual or presumed genetic differences, resulting in their exclusion from insurance or employment. A report from an enquiry established by the Health Ethics Committee and Australian Law Reform Commission acknowledges these concerns and suggests legislative changes to afford greater protection to genetic information and genetic samples of individuals.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Law and Legal Studies |
| Research Group: | Law |
| Research Field: | 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) |
| ID Code: | 27745 |
| Year Published: | 2003 |
| Deposited By: | Law |
| Deposited On: | 2003-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2010-05-14 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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