Comparative Approaches to Genetic Discrimination: Chasing Shadows?

Trends in Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 299-302

  Joly, Yann ^a   Feze, Ida Ngueng ^a   Song, Lingqiao ^a   Knoppers, Bartha M ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

bioethics; comparative law; genetic discrimination; human rights; insurance; personalized medicine

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ASIA; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND; GENETIC DISCRIMINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH ETHICS; REVIEW; SOUTH AMERICA; BIOETHICS; ETHICS; HUMAN RIGHTS; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MIGRATION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; TRENDS;

BIOETHICS; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; GENETIC RESEARCH; HUMAN RIGHTS; HUMANS; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 85016611121     PISSN: 01689525     EISSN: 13624555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tig.2017.02.002     Document Type: Review

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