Geneticizing disability: the Human Genome Project and the commodification of self.

Article

Geneticizing disability: the Human Genome Project and the commodification of self.

Issues in law & medicine - 1 Jan 1998

Fitzgerald J

Abstract excerpt

This article explores the potential impact upon people with disability of some of the technological information being uncovered by the Human Genome Project. While the project has been promoted as promising positive benefits to society, its effect, in our present values climate, is potentially dam...

Topics

Attitude to Health
Bioethics
Commodification
Persons with Disabilities
Eugenics
Genetic Determinism
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Privacy
Genetic Variation
Genetics, Behavioral
Health
Human Genome Project
Humans
Prejudice
Social Justice
Social Values

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