Genetic privacy : a challenge to medico-legal norms / Graeme Laurie.
The phenomenon of the New Genetics raises complex social problems, particularly those of privacy. This book offers ethical and legal perspectives on the questions of a right to know and not to know genetic information from the standpoint of individuals, their relatives, employers, insurers and the s...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Online Access: | Cambridge Books on Core Sample text Contributor biographical information |
| Summary: | The phenomenon of the New Genetics raises complex social problems, particularly those of privacy. This book offers ethical and legal perspectives on the questions of a right to know and not to know genetic information from the standpoint of individuals, their relatives, employers, insurers and the state. Graeme Laurie provides a unique definition of privacy, including a concept of property rights in the person, and argues for stronger legal protection of privacy in the shadow of developments in human genetics. He challenges the role and the limits of established principles in medical law and ethics, including respect for patient autonomy and confidentiality. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxv, 335 pages) |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0511019696 9780511019692 0511048483 9780511048487 0511157398 9780511157394 0511176511 9780511176517 051149534X 9780511495342 0521047129 9780521047128 1280420774 9781280420771 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/CBO9780511495342 |