Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Privacy in a Comparative Perspective

Genetic Discrimination and Genetic Privacy in a Comparative Perspective Synopsis

During the last decades, a better understanding of the influence of genetic factors on the onset of illness and disease has evolved. In many states, as well as on the international level, there is an ongoing debate about the balance that should be struck between the protection of the individual against misuse of genetic information and the interests of social actors and genetic research institutes, and about the policy options that are at hand to reduce the risks that are created by the availability of genetic information.