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Genetics as a legal minefield

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 February 2002

NICOLE QUESTIAUX
NICOLE QUESTIAUX
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Abstract

The importance of recent scientific discoveries concerning genetics has a perturbing effect on the legal relations governing society. There is a case for the definition of a special status concerning genetic information – an adaptation of the rules concerning medical information, a proper framework for the activity of bio-banks and a strict definition of the conditions of access to genetic information that allows for identification of a person for non-medical reasons. It would be useful to formulate some proposals of principle to initiate a discussion that must involve the scientific community.

Type
Research Article
Information
European Review , Volume 10 , Issue 1 , February 2002 , pp. 15 - 26
Copyright
© Academia Europaea 2001

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