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Genetic counselors and advocacy group develop genetic discrimination brochure
Published in Law and Health Weekly, November 27th, 2004
The brochure is timely, as Congress failed this year to enact federal laws to prohibit genetic discrimination despite wide support and a 95-0 passage of a bipartisan bill in the senate.
"There is a sense among the health care community and the general population that genetic tests present a high risk for discrimination, even though documented cases of discrimination are rare," says Sue Friedman, executive director of FORCE.
Friedman continued, "This brochure presents an overview of...
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