1st Edition
The Private Life of the Genome Genetic Information and the Right to Privacy
By Iain Brassington
Copyright 2023
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
218 Pages
by
Routledge
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This innovative and engaging book argues that because our genetic information is directly linked to the genetic information of others, it is impossible to assert a ‘right to privacy’ in the same way that we can in other areas of life.
This position throws up questions around access to sensitive data. It suggests that we may have to abandon certain intuitions about who may access our genetic... Read more
Introduction. Part I: Presumptions and Foundations. 1.Genes and Information Sharing. 2.What is Privacy? Part II: A Sceptic’s Tour of Genetic Privacy Rights. 3.Rights to know and Duties no to. 4.What is a Privacy Right? 5.Other Ways to Think about Privacy Rights. 6.Privacy and Reasons to Disclose. Part III: Rebuilding Genetic Privacy Rights. 7.Reinventing Privacy. 8.Reinvention and Regulation.
Biography
Iain Brassington is a Senior Lecturer at the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy in the Department of Law at the University of Manchester, UK.
