Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Genetic Screening and the Handling of High-risk Groups in the Workplace
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Publisher:
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Category : Industrial hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Assessing Genetic Risks
Author: Institute of Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309047986
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Raising hopes for disease treatment and prevention, but also the specter of discrimination and "designer genes," genetic testing is potentially one of the most socially explosive developments of our time. This book presents a current assessment of this rapidly evolving field, offering principles for actions and research and recommendations on key issues in genetic testing and screening. Advantages of early genetic knowledge are balanced with issues associated with such knowledge: availability of treatment, privacy and discrimination, personal decision-making, public health objectives, cost, and more. Among the important issues covered: Quality control in genetic testing. Appropriate roles for public agencies, private health practitioners, and laboratories. Value-neutral education and counseling for persons considering testing. Use of test results in insurance, employment, and other settings.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309047986
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Raising hopes for disease treatment and prevention, but also the specter of discrimination and "designer genes," genetic testing is potentially one of the most socially explosive developments of our time. This book presents a current assessment of this rapidly evolving field, offering principles for actions and research and recommendations on key issues in genetic testing and screening. Advantages of early genetic knowledge are balanced with issues associated with such knowledge: availability of treatment, privacy and discrimination, personal decision-making, public health objectives, cost, and more. Among the important issues covered: Quality control in genetic testing. Appropriate roles for public agencies, private health practitioners, and laboratories. Value-neutral education and counseling for persons considering testing. Use of test results in insurance, employment, and other settings.
Genetic Screening of Workers
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Science and Technology. Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
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Category : Discrimination in employment
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Category : Discrimination in employment
Languages : en
Pages : 144
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Illness and the Environment
Author: J. Stephen Kroll-Smith
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814747299
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
In 25 papers, academics and a few environmental scientists/ activists discuss profound social, policy, and competing paradigm issues concerning the contested environment-disease link in a "postnatural" world. Include discussion questions. Kroll-Smith is a professor of sociology at the U. of New Orleans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814747299
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
In 25 papers, academics and a few environmental scientists/ activists discuss profound social, policy, and competing paradigm issues concerning the contested environment-disease link in a "postnatural" world. Include discussion questions. Kroll-Smith is a professor of sociology at the U. of New Orleans. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Dangerous Diagnostics
Author: Dorothy Nelkin
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226571294
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. The ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination are also included.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226571294
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
A study of the pervasiveness of diagnostic testing and the potential it offers institutions to classify, categorize and ultimately control individuals. The ethical, social and legal implications of technologies that can lead to new forms of discrimination are also included.
Governing Risks
Author: Pat O'Malley
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351932411
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Contemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all provide examples of settings in which problems are dealt with as risks. While risk has become more prominent, there have also been changes in the nature of risk techniques deployed. Whereas welfare states provided many services through socialized risk - such as social insurances covering health, employment and old age - increasing emphasis is now placed on individual risk management arrangements such as private insurance. In this environment, the positive side of risk has also been made more salient. Enterprise, innovation and risk-taking have become qualities valued, or even required, of current governance. In this volume, the most influential examinations and interpretations of this major trend have been brought together, in order to make clear the range and diversity, the spread and penetration of risk in contemporary societies.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351932411
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 615
Book Description
Contemporary law and government are increasingly characterized by a focus on risk. Fields such as health, psychiatry, criminal justice, vehicle safety, urban design and environmental governance all provide examples of settings in which problems are dealt with as risks. While risk has become more prominent, there have also been changes in the nature of risk techniques deployed. Whereas welfare states provided many services through socialized risk - such as social insurances covering health, employment and old age - increasing emphasis is now placed on individual risk management arrangements such as private insurance. In this environment, the positive side of risk has also been made more salient. Enterprise, innovation and risk-taking have become qualities valued, or even required, of current governance. In this volume, the most influential examinations and interpretations of this major trend have been brought together, in order to make clear the range and diversity, the spread and penetration of risk in contemporary societies.
Forum for Applied Research and Public Policy
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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Category : Policy sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Monthly Catalog of United States Government Publications
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1172
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Monthly Catalogue, United States Public Documents
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1124
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A Report on the EEOC, Title VII and Workplace Fetal Protection Policies in the 1980s
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Category : Pregnant women
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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Category : Pregnant women
Languages : en
Pages : 64
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