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Welcome to A Public Health Perspective, the Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention's highlights page. Each Public Health Perspective focuses on a single topic and contains information and commentary on discoveries of genetic variants, related disease outcomes, and the complex social, legal, and ethical issues surrounding genetic discoveries. Topics are examined from a public health perspective, and readers are encouraged to participate in an ongoing discussion in the reader's forum. |
This month, we are examining the topic Informed Consent for Population-Based Research involving Genetics. (November 2001)
"Although much has been written about ethical issues in epidemiology, ethical, legal, and social issues in genetic testing and informed consent for genetic research, there is little or no guidance available specifically for population-based studies of low-penetrance gene variants.In response to the urgent need for appropriate guidelines, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formed a multidisciplinary group to develop an informed consent approach for integrating genetic variation into population-based research . " |
Beskow L, et al.
JAMA. 2001;286:2315-2321 |
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- Informed Consent for Population-Based Research Involving Genetics
Laura M. Beskow, MPH; Wylie Burke, MD, PhD; Jon F. Merz, MBA, JD, PhD; Patricia A. Barr; Sharon Terry, MA; Victor BV. Penchaszadeh, MD, MSPH; Lawrence O. Gostin, JD; Marta Gwinn, MD, MPH; Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD
JAMA.2001;286:2315-2321
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The Reader's Forum is an opportunity to share your thoughts
about "Informed Consent for Population-Based Research
Involving Genetics"
Important Note : The informed consent approach is proposed to promote discussion about how best to enable potential participants to make informed decisions about population-based research involving genetics and to suggest issues for consideration by research sponsors, institutional review boards, and investigators.
Your participation in a continuing dialog about informed consent will result in a process that satisfies basic ethical principles of respect for persons and fosters public health research intended to lead to more effective and targeted medical and public health interventions. Please participate .
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