The use of genetic and genomic testing is becoming more widespread in healthcare and
more inherited explanations for family history of diseases or conditions are being uncovered …

With developments in the field of genetics, new technologies such as genetic testing are fast
emerging. Although offering unparalleled opportunities, these developments raise many …

Owing to the unique qualities of genetic data, there have been numerous criticisms of the
current data protection framework's ability to protect genetic data. It has been suggested that …

The explosion of information generated by the Human Genome Project and related
advances in molecular biology come at a propitious time. Never before have Americans …

Genetic information about one individual often has medical and reproductive implications for
that individual's relatives. There is a debate about whether policy on transmitting genetic …

The Human Genome Project and its attendant ethical, legal, and social problems extend
around the world, embracing many different cultures. Although the science is the same, its …

Sharing genomic data promises great benefits for health research as well as clinical
diagnoses and management. However, appropriate sharing is reliant upon privacy concerns …

The progress of genetic knowledge magnifies existing ethical problems in medical genetics.
Among the most troubling types of problems-for medicine, patients, and the larger society …

In June 1999, the European Journal of Health Law published an article, by Graeme Laurie,
on the right of the relatives of a patient not to know genetic information not only concerning …

Developments in genetics have been accompanied by, or have perhaps even instigated, a
shift in medical ethics. Stalwart ethical principles of the second half of the twentieth century …