Beware! Uncle Sam has your DNA: Legal fallout from its use and misuse in the U.S.

Ethics and Information Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-63

  Weiss, Marcia J ^a  

^a POINT PARK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA databanks; Privacy; Property; Unreasonable search and seizure

Indexed keywords

CRIME; DATA PRIVACY; LAW ENFORCEMENT;

DATABANKS; DNA SAMPLES; FEDERAL GOVERNMENTS; GENETIC MATERIALS; PRIVACY CONCERNS; PROPERTY; PROTECTED HEALTH INFORMATIONS; UNREASONABLE SEARCH AND SEIZURE;

DNA;

DNA;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DONOR; ETHICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FOURTH AMENDMENT; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; LEGAL APPROACH; LEGAL ASPECT; NUCLEIC ACID DATABASE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; FOURTH AMENDMENT; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; LEGAL APPROACH;

CIVIL RIGHTS; CRIME; DATABASES, NUCLEIC ACID; DNA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC PRIVACY; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; HUMANS; INFORMED CONSENT; OWNERSHIP; PREJUDICE; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL CLASS; TISSUE DONORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748992866     PISSN: 13881957     EISSN: 15728439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:ETIN.0000036159.90081.cc     Document Type: Article

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