Genetic Testing
Insurance and Employment Discrimination Issues
As the Human Genome Project makes it ever easier to find genetic alterations associated with human disease, unprecedented opportunities are arising to treat or prevent those diseases. However, as knowledge grows about the genetic basis of disease, so too does the potential for discrimination and stigmatization based on genetic information. The Promise of Genetic TestingThe Human Genome Project has brought with it the promise ofa whole new way to understand, treat, and prevent many human diseases.For children born with a baffling inherited disorder, genetictechnologies can put an end to the often long and agonizing searchfor a diagnosis. For healthy people…
