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49 Emory L. J. 837 (2000)
The Human Genome Project and Public Perception: Truth and Consequences

handle is hein.journals/emlj49 and id is 847 raw text is: THE HUMAN GENOME PROJECT AND PUBLIC PERCEPTION: TRUTH AND CONSEQUENCES Mary Z. Pelias, Ph.D., J.D.* Nathan J. Markward, M.P.H.** I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 837 II. SOCIAL, ETHICAL, AND LEGAL CONCERNS IN CONTEMPORARY GENETICS ............................................................. 839 A. Personal Autonomy ...................................................................... 839 B. Privacy and Confidentiality .......................................................... 840 C. Doctrine of Informed Consent ...................................................... 842 D. Genetic Testing ............................................................................. 845 E. Genetic Screening ......................................................................... 851 F. Commercial Interests .................................................................... 853 Il. MISINFORMATION IN CONTEMPORARY GENETICS ............................... 854 A. Erroneous Analogies .................................................................... 854 B. The Shadow of Eugenics ............................................................... 855 C. Sensationalism .............................................................................. 857 IV. CONCLUSIONS ...................................................................................... 857 I. INTRODUCTION Over the past two decades the Human Genome Project has yielded a plethora of information about the most personal and most universal characteristics of human beings. The rapid growth of technologies in molecular genetics has permitted the dissection of the human genome with * Professor of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. B.S., Tulane University (1963); Ph.D., Tulane University (1970); J.D., Loyola University (1989). ** Doctoral Student, Department of Genetics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center. B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1996); M.P.H., Tulane University (1997).

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