{"title":"Misuse of genetic information: the common law and professionals' liability.","authors":"David F. Partlett","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.414102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.414102","url":null,"abstract":"As scientific advances take place in mapping the human genome, probing minds have voiced concern about discrimination on the basis of genetic makeup in employment and insurance. The issue has been addressed in numbers of western countries, usually by strong proscriptions against use of genetic information based upon principles of privacy. The article argues that an evolutionary approach in prescribing legal norms to actual abuses is more satisfactory. Placing responsibility on professionals through their duty of confidence may be particularly efficacious in preventing abuses while allowing the optimal disclosure of socially useful information. It is recognized that social norms will also govern the use of genetic information. More generally, the law of torts will implicate the disclosure and use of genetic information.","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3 1","pages":"489-523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.2139/SSRN.414102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"68705982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An interest in human dignity as the basis for genomic torts.","authors":"Roger Brownsword","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"413-81"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24492293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pushing drugs: genomics and genetics, the pharmaceutical industry, and the law of negligence.","authors":"Heidi Li Feldman","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"575-99"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24494340","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Causes for concern and causes of action: a comment on \"Pushing drugs\".","authors":"Roger Brownsword","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"601-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24494342","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"EEOC v. BNSF: the risks and rewards of genetic exceptionalism.","authors":"Stephen Fink","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"525-34"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24494338","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Curbing misuse of genetic information in light of the Enron debacle: a comment on Dean Partlett's proposal.","authors":"Dennis R Honabach","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"535-46"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24494339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Misuse of genetic information: the common law and professionals' liability.","authors":"David F Partlett","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"489-523"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24492294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Genomic torts: a response to Professor Feldman.","authors":"William J Rich","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"42 3","pages":"615-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2003-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"24494343","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recent developments in Kansas bioethics law: the Kansas Prevention of Assisted Suicide Act.","authors":"K J Breer, C L Durst","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"38 2","pages":"557-98"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22409961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A primer on posthumous conception and related issues of assisted reproduction.","authors":"M L Brenwald, K Redeker","doi":"","DOIUrl":"","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":83482,"journal":{"name":"Washburn law journal","volume":"38 2","pages":"599-654"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22409964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}