Journal article
THE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES OF WORKERS AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS ON THE ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE
New solutions, v 21(1), pp 89-102
01 May 2011
PMID: 21411427
Featured in Collection : UN Sustainable Development Goals @ Drexel
Abstract
Genetic testing in the workplace holds the promise of improving worker health but also raises ethical, legal, and social issues. In considering such testing, it is critical to understand the perspectives of workers, who are most directly affected by it, and occupational health professionals, who are often directly involved in its implementation. Therefore, a series of focus groups of unionized workers (n=25) and occupational medicine physicians (n=23) was conducted. The results demonstrated strikingly different perspectives of workers and physicians in several key areas, including the goals and appropriateness of genetic testing, and methods to minimize its risks. In general, workers were guided by a profound mistrust of the employer, physician, and government, while physicians were guided primarily by scientific and medical concerns, and, in many cases, by the business concerns distrusted by the workers.
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- Title
- THE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES OF WORKERS AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS ON THE ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE
- Creators
- Sherry Brandt-Rauf - Supreme Council Of HealthElka Brandt-Rauf - Pace UniversityRobyn Gershon - Columbia UniversityPaul W. Brandt-Rauf - Supreme Council Of Health
- Publication Details
- New solutions, v 21(1), pp 89-102
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 14
- Grant note
- R03HG003682 / NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) R01OH004192 / NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH) R03-HG03682 / National Human Genome Research Institute; United States Department of Health & Human Services; National Institutes of Health (NIH) - USA; NIH National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) R01-OH04192 / National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health; United States Department of Health & Human Services; Centers for Disease Control & Prevention - USA; National Institute for Occupational Safety & Health (NIOSH)
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems; Drexel University; Environmental and Occupational Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000439844300010
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79959574260
- Other Identifier
- 991019323666704721
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- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health