Graeme Laurie

Genetic Privacy

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The right to genetic information is considered here from the standpoint of individuals, their relatives, insurers and the state.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. September 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 591g
• ISBN-13: 9780521047128
• ISBN-10: 0521047129
• Artikelnr.: 23173194

Autorenporträt

Graeme Laurie is senior lecturer in Law at the University of Edinburgh. His research interests include the role of the law in promoting and protecting science, medicine and technology. He is a co-director of SCRIPT (the Scottish Centre for Research in Intellectual Property and Technology) and convener of a World Health Organisation working group.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Table of cases
Table of legislation
International instruments
Miscellaneous documents
Part I. Privacy: The General Part: 1. Health care, patient rights and privacy
2. Privacy: anti-social concept or fundamental right? Part II. Genetic Knowledge: The Existing Models: 3. Human genetics and genetic privacy
4. Autonomy, confidentiality and privacy
Part III. A New Privacy Paradigm: 5. Privacy and the public interest
6. Privacy and property?
Index.