Ethic problems in health status prognosis using genetic markers
Vlasov, V.V.
Meditsina Truda i Promyshlennaia Ekologiia 1: 35-38
1994
ISSN/ISBN: 1026-9428 PMID: 7804714 Document Number: 436837
The mass genetic screening, which is repeatedly suggested for practical use, nowadays can be considered ineffective. The most complicated problem is genetic screening of workers. Low efficiency of such screening and limited possibilities to forecast the health status basing on the screening results are associated with the high probability of discrimination against workers according to their health status. Thus the genetic screening of workers should be forbidden as all employment medical examination except the cases when the diseases influence directly the ability to work.