Genetic discrimination in the workplace

P S Miller

doi:10.1111/j.1748-720x.1998.tb01419.x

Genetic discrimination in the workplace

J Law Med Ethics. 1998 Fall;26(3):189-97, 178. doi: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1998.tb01419.x.

Author

P S Miller¹

Affiliation

¹ United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, D.C., USA.

PMID: 11066876
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-720x.1998.tb01419.x

Abstract

Author argues that the Americans with Disabilities Act prohibits discrimination against workers based on their genetic makeup. He also examines state legislation and recently proposed federal legislation prohibiting genetic discrimination.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Civil Rights* / legislation & jurisprudence
Databases, Nucleic Acid
Disabled Persons / legislation & jurisprudence
Empirical Research
Employment / legislation & jurisprudence*
Federal Government
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Privacy*
Genetic Research
Genetic Testing / legislation & jurisprudence*
Government Regulation*
Humans
Prejudice*
United States