PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - C Newell
TI  - The social nature of disability, disease and genetics: a response to Gillam, Persson, Holtug, Draper and Chadwick.
AID  - 10.1136/jme.25.2.172
DP  - 1999 Apr 01
TA  - Journal of Medical Ethics
PG  - 172--175
VI  - 25
IP  - 2
4099  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/2/172.short
4100  - http://jme.bmj.com/content/25/2/172.full
SO  - J Med Ethics1999 Apr 01; 25
AB  - The dominance of the biomedically informed view of disability, genetics, and diagnosis is explored. An understanding of the social nature of disability and genetics, especially in terms of oppression, adds a richer dimension to an understanding of ethical issues pertaining to genetics. This is much wider than the limited question of whether or not such technology discriminates. Instead, it is proposed that such technology will perpetuate the oppression and control of people with disability, especially if the knowledge of people with disability is not utilised in bioethical debates.