Genetic discrimination and the public entities and public accommodations titles of the americans with disabilities act

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States)

OSTI ID:5957635

Alper, J S ^[1]; Natowicz, M R ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Massachusetts-Boston (United States)
2. Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (United States) Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, MA (United States)

The introduction of newly developed medical genetic diagnostic tests has been accompanied by social problems involving privacy issues and genetic discrimination. Previous studies of genetic discrimination have focused on the areas of employment and insurance. In this paper, the authors provide six hypothetical illustrative cases of genetic discrimination involving access to public entities and to private entities considered to be public accommodations. They argue that many of these forms of genetic discrimination that arise in both the public and private sectors should be prohibited by Titles II and III, respectively, of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

• OSTI ID: 5957635
• Journal Information: American Journal of Human Genetics; (United States), Vol. 53:1; ISSN 0002-9297
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GENETIC MAPPING
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