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Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley
Editor's Note, Padraig O'Malley
New England Journal of Public Policy
This issue of the journal can be summed up in one word: provocative. At least two articles break new ground. Anthony Robbins and Phyllis Freeman explore the ways in which environmentally oriented public health is uniquely suited to help organized medical care in providing health and in restraining expenditures. Janet Farrell Smith challenges policymakers to look at what will soon become a hot issue — the medical use of genetic information. The genetic testing of children, now becoming prevalent in the foster care and pre-adoptive stage in order to facilitate placement and satisfy prospective parents’ “need to know,” is already …
Genetic Testing: A Cautionary Tale Of Foster And Pre-Adoptive Children, Janet Farrell Smith
Genetic Testing: A Cautionary Tale Of Foster And Pre-Adoptive Children, Janet Farrell Smith
New England Journal of Public Policy
Genetic testing of children in the foster care and pre-adoptive stage may be thought to facilitate child placement and satisfy prospective parents’ need to know. But, the policy analysis in this paper recommends great caution, especially given eugenic attitudes in the history of adoption and the risk of creating a second tier of un-adoptable children. Testing should be done only when two conditions are satisfied: test information is medically useful for childhood onset diseases; test information supports and does not diminish the child’s access to present and future healthcare (or the child’s future insurability). Public policy needs to make a …
Regulation Of Research With Children: The Evolution From Exclusion To Inclusion, Duane Alexander
Regulation Of Research With Children: The Evolution From Exclusion To Inclusion, Duane Alexander
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
(Women And) Children First: Applicable To Lifeboats? Applicable To Human Experimentation?, Lainie Friedman Ross, M. Justin Coffey
(Women And) Children First: Applicable To Lifeboats? Applicable To Human Experimentation?, Lainie Friedman Ross, M. Justin Coffey
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
The Lead-Based Paint Abatement Repair & Maintenance Study In Baltimore: Historic Framework And Study Design, Joanne Pollak
The Lead-Based Paint Abatement Repair & Maintenance Study In Baltimore: Historic Framework And Study Design, Joanne Pollak
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Parental Consent For Children's Participation In Biomedical Research: The Ethical, Regulatory, And Judicial Framework Of Grimes V. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., Karen Smith Thiel
Parental Consent For Children's Participation In Biomedical Research: The Ethical, Regulatory, And Judicial Framework Of Grimes V. Kennedy Krieger Institute, Inc., Karen Smith Thiel
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
The Kennedy Krieger Case: Judicial Anger And The Research Enterprise, Jack Schwartz
The Kennedy Krieger Case: Judicial Anger And The Research Enterprise, Jack Schwartz
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.