What is Genetic Discrimination and When and How Can it Be Prevented
Year: 2001
Type: preprint
Abstract: The public policy debate concerning the desirability and scope of legislation prohibiting discrimination has become increasingly volatile. Last year, a provocative opinion piece urging citizens to gather courage to discriminate genetically was widely syndicated. Another commentator suggested that genetic discrimination is both rational and inevitable. On the other hand some prominent genetic scientists and legislators as well as disease support groups, continue to make passage of laws with strong protections for affected individuals one of their top priorities. Genetic researchers and clinicians need to recognize the unarticulated assumptions about discrimination that shape the debate and understand the underlying tensions between differing accounts of justice and fairness. In this article, we explore some of the nuances of the term discrimination and some of the sources of disagreement, before asking when and how genetic discrimination can be prevented.
Source: SSRN Electronic Journal
Authors: Mary A. Majumder, Mark A. Rothstein
Institutions: Baylor College of Medicine, University of Louisville
Language: English
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1969203413