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Genetic secrets : protecting privacy and confidentiality in the genetic era / edited by Mark A. Rothstein.
LIBRA KF3827.G4 G458 1997
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Medical genetics--Moral and ethical aspects.
- Medical genetics.
- Medical genetics--Law and legislation--United States.
- Medical records--Law and legislation--United States.
- Medical records.
- Medical records--Law and legislation.
- Medical genetics--Law and legislation.
- United States.
- Privacy, Right of--United States.
- Privacy, Right of.
- Confidential communications--Physicians--United States.
- Confidential communications.
- Confidential communications--Physicians.
- Medical records--Access control.
- Confidentiality.
- Genetics, Medical--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Genetic Testing.
- Medical Records.
- Medical Subjects:
- Confidentiality.
- Genetics, Medical--legislation & jurisprudence.
- Genetic Testing.
- Medical Records.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 511 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [1997]
- Summary:
- Knowledge from genetic research versus privacy and confidentiality. Distinguished experts in law, medicine, bioethics, public health, science policy, clinical genetics, philosophy, and other fields consider the many contexts in which issues of genetic privacy arise. Editor Mark Rothstein also discusses flaws in existing and proposed legislation, and he offers a new set of guidelines dealing with genetic privacy and confidentiality.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Samuel Bellet Book Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0300072511
- OCLC:
- 37281664
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