Genetic research and culturally specific risks: one size does not fit all

Most researchers are, by now, familiar with the risks that genetic studies present for individual participants. These risks can include employment and insurance discrimination, discoveries of mis-attributed paternity, altered relationships between family members, and changes in self-perception. Alth...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Trends in genetics 2000-02, Vol.16 (2), p.93-95
Main Authors: Foster, Morris W, Sharp, Richard R
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian Continental Ancestry Group - genetics
Bioethics
Biological and medical sciences
Cultural riska
Ethics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Genetic research
Genetic Techniques - adverse effects
Genetic Techniques - psychology
Genetics of eukaryotes. Biological and molecular evolution
Human
Human Genome Diversity Project
Human genomme
Humans
Native Americans
Population genetics, reproduction patterns
Research Design
Risk
Sociology
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Most researchers are, by now, familiar with the risks that genetic studies present for individual participants. These risks can include employment and insurance discrimination, discoveries of mis-attributed paternity, altered relationships between family members, and changes in self-perception. Although there are few documented cases of harm directly resulting from a person's involvement in a genetic study, these potential risks are commonly described in informed-consent documents and evaluated by ethics panels and funding agencies (in the USA, for example, this is performed by Institutional Review Boards charged with protecting human subjects).
ISSN:0168-9525
DOI:10.1016/S0168-9525(99)01895-8