Genetic Testing in the Workplace: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications

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• Personal Author:
  Brandt-Rauf PW ; Brandt-Rauf SI
• Description:
  With the completion of the Human Genome Project, it is likely that genetic testing for susceptibility to a wide range of diseases will increase in society. One venue for such increased testing is likely to be the workplace as employers attempt to protect workers from unhealthy gene-environment interactions, improve productivity, and control escalating health care costs. Past and recent examples of genetic testing in the workplace raise serious concerns that such testing could pose a significant threat to workers' privacy, autonomy, and dignity. Thus, defining the ethically, legally, and socially appropriate and inappropriate uses of genetic testing in the workplace presents a major challenge for occupational health professionals in the years ahead. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Biomarkers Carcinogens Epidemiology Immune System Mutagens Neoplasms Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Genetics Cancer Cancer-rates Carcinogenesis Carcinogenicity Disease Susceptibility Ethics Exposure-limits Immune-reaction Law Mathematical-models Mutagenesis Occupational Health Risk-analysis Risk-factors Tumors

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• ISSN:
  0163-7525
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; OSHA Region 2
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  139-153
• Volume:
  25
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20029009
• Citation:
  Annu Rev Public Health 2004 Apr; 25:139-153
• Contact Point Address:
  Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032
• Email:
  pwb1@columbia.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2004
• NORA Priority Area:
  Work Environment and Workforce: Special Populations
• Performing Organization:
  Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20010701
• Source Full Name:
  Annual Review of Public Health
• End Date:
  20150831
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/190086/cdc_190086_DS1.pdf
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