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58 Md. L. Rev. 346 (1999)
Testing for Genetic Traits: The Need for a New Legal Doctrine of Informed Consent

handle is hein.journals/mllr58 and id is 358 raw text is: Articles TESTING FOR GENETIC TRAITS: THE NEED FOR A NEW LEGAL DOCTRINE OF INFORMED CONSENT ELIZABETH B. COOPER* INTRODUCTION .................................................... 347 I. THE INFLUENCE OF CHANGING MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY. THE IMPACT OF THE ABILITY TO TEST FOR GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESS ........... 351 A. An Overview: Past, Present, and Future Concerns Associated with Diagnostic Blood Tests .................. 351 B. What Is Exceptional About Genetic Testing? ........... 362 II. INFORMED CONSENT: LEGAL AND ETHICAL UNDERPINNINGS ........................................... 369 A. A Starting Point ..................................... 369 B. Doctrinal Development of Informed Consent Theory ....... 370 1. Constitutional Theory: Bodily Integrity and Medical Decision M aking ................................. 370 2. The Development of a Common Law and Statutory Legal Theory of Informed Consent .................. 377 C. Does Informed Consent Doctrine Work? ................. 381 1. An Analysis of Informed Consent Doctrine in Practice .......................................... 381 2. A Critical Theory Analysis: Current Informed Consent Doctrine and Its Application to Genetic Testing .......................................... 386 III. AN HIV-SPECIFIC MODEL OF INFORMED CONSENT ......... 393 IV. TowARDS A NEW MODEL OF INFORMED CONSENT: MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF GENETIC TESTING .......... 402 A. Introduction ......................................... 402 B. A Model Statute for Informed Consent to Genetic Testing for Life-Threatening Conditions ........................ 404 * Associate Professor of Law, Fordham University School of Law. BA, University of Pennsylvania; J.D., New York University School of Law. I wish to thankJames Cohen, Kath- erine Franke, Bruce Green, Tracy Higgins, James Kainen, Minna Kotkin, Nancy Wackstein, and the writing group for their thoughtful guidance; Alissa Brownrigg, Kim Nohilly, and Evangeline Shih for their tremendous research assistance; and Fordham University School of Law for its generous support.

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