Predictive Genetic Testing: Congruence of Disability Insurers' Interests with the Public Interest

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 35 (s2):52-58 (2007)
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This article argues that, under existing jurisprudence, the disability insurance business will be harmed, not benefited, from broad access to the results of genetic testing identifying people with higher than species-typical genetic propensities for illness

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10.1111/j.1748-720x.2007.00153.x

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Anita Silvers
Last affiliation: San Francisco State University

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