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7 Health Matrix 97 (1997)
Breast Cancer, the Genetic "Quick Fix," and the Jewish Community: Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges

handle is hein.journals/hmax7 and id is 103 raw text is: BREAST CANCER, THE GENETIC QUICK FIX, AND THE JEWISH COMMUNITY ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL CHALLENGES Karen H. Rothenberg, J.D., M.P.A.* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ......................... 98 H. GENETIC TESTING IN CONTEXT: EMERGING THEMES .................... 102 A. Genetic Myopia, the Genetic Quick-Fix, and the Genetic Underclass ................. 102 B. Genetic Accountability and Genetic Identity... 104 III. ETHICAL AND LEGAL IMPLICATIONS OF INFORMED CONSENT ................... 105 IV. GENETIC INFORMATION AND HEALTH INSURANCE ................... 107 V. GENETIC INFORMATION AND THE WORKPLACE ........................... 113 VI. PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY OF t Marjorie Cook Professor of Law and Director, Law and Health Care Program, University of Maryland School of Law; B.A., Princeton University, 1973; M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University, 1974; J.D., University of Virginia, 1979. This Article evolved from the author's presentation at the Workshop on Inherited Breast Cancer in Jewish Women: Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications, Case Western Reserve University, April 26, 1996. In addition, parts of the Article are adapted from Genetic Information and Health Insurance: State Legislative Approaches, J. LAW, MED. & ETHics 312 (1995) and Predictive Genetic Testing for Cancer: Ethical, Legal, Social and Public Policy Challenges, in ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN CANCER RESEARCH 1995, at 209 (General Motors Corp. ed., 1996). The author wishes to thank her colleagues at the National Cancer Institute and the National Center for Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health, for their expertise and resources, the participants at the Workshop for the insights and questions, and especially Barbara Fuller, J.D. for her outstanding contribution to this Article.