• Introduction

• "Public health impact of genetic tests at the end of the 20th century"
  Yoon, et al. Genetics in Medicine

• ACCE Project:  A Model Approach for the Evaluation of Data on Genetic Tests
  A CDC sponsored project carried out by the Foundation for Blood Research

• What is Genetic Testing?

• Beyond Discovery: The Path from Research to Human Benefit:  Genetic Testing

• Medicine and the new genetics:  Gene testing, pharmacogenomics and gene therapy .

• The GeneLetter: Special genetic screening issue
  This issue of GeneLetter includes a series of articles on genetic screening including the CDC authored, "Screening for hereditary hemochromatosis: Still premature"  by Michelle Reyes, PhD, and Muin J. Khoury, MD, PhD

• Your Genes, Your Choices

• Understanding Genetic Testing

• GeneTests

• Hereditary colon cancer

• Identity testing

• Final Report of the NHGRI Task Force on Genetic Testing:  Promoting Safe and Effective Genetic Testing in the United State

• CDC Office of Genetic Testing

• Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing .

• Genetic testing in healthcare:  Who should have access to test results?

• Genetics and Disease Prevention:  Policy and Guidelines

• Department of Energy (DOE) Human Genome Project ELSI page

• National Conference on State Legislatures:  Genetic Technologies Project

• Genetic Testing
  W. Burke, New Engl J Med 2002;237:1867-1875

• Genetic testing and medical decision making
  Reyna VF, Lloyd FJ, Whalen
  Arch Intern Med 2001 Nov 12;161(20):2406-8
  PMID: 11700152 [PubMed - in process]

• The other human genome
  Shanske AL, Shanske S, DiMauro S.
  Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 2001 Nov;155(11):1210-6
  PMID: 11695929 [PubMed - in process 

• Genetic testing
  Pagon RA, Hanson NB, Neufeld-Kaiser W, Covington ML.
  West J Med 2001 May;174(5):344-7
  PMID: 11342518 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Genetic consultation
  Roberta A Pagon, Nancy B Hanson, Whitney Neufeld-Kaiser and Maxine L Covington
  West J Med 2001;174:397-399

• The complexities of predictive genetic testing
  Evans JP, Skrzynia C, Burke W.
  BMJ 2001 Apr 28;322(7293):1052-6
  PMID: 11325775 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] 

• Genetic testing for inherited breast and ovarian cancer syndromes: important concepts for the primary care physician
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  Taylor MR.
  Postgrad Med J 2001 Jan;77(903):11-5
  PMID: 11123386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• The genetics revolution. Ethical, legal, and insurance concerns
  Cunningham GC.
  Postgrad Med 2000 Jul;108(1):193-6, 199-200, 202
  PMID: 10914128 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Genetic counseling in primary care. What questions are patients likely to ask, and how should they be answered?
  Facher JJ, Robin NH.
  Postgrad Med 2000 Mar;107(3):59-60, 63-6
  PMID: 10728135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

• Experts ponder ethics of genetic testing
  (December 16) The Plain Dealer reports, "Congratulations.  You got the job.  Now, roll up your sleeve and grab a plastic cup."

• US genetic discrimination ban 'a matter of time'
  (December 7, 2001) Reuters Health reports, "The main Democratic supporter of broad legislation banning genetic discrimination in insurance policies and in the workplace predicted Thursday that the bill would pass Congress and get a presidential signature by the end of next year."

• Commission Sues Railroad to End Genetic Testing in Work Injury Cases (Free registration required)
  (February 10, 2001) The New York Times reports, "The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday filed its first court action challenging genetic testing by an employer, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway Company."

• The risks of gene testing
  (April 6, 2001) Financial Times reports, "Advances could deny medical insurance to many."

• Genetic Testing Case Settled
  (April 10, 2001) Wired News reports, "Officials at a railroad company have settled a lawsuit by agreeing to stop the secret genetic testing of their employees."

• Genetic testing leaps ahead of social implications
  (July 2001) San Jose Mercury News reports, "Spurred by the recent sequencing of the human genome, scientists are designing hundreds of new tests to identify defective genes linked to dangerous diseases."

• Who's testing our genes - and why?
  September 19, 2000 The Guardian reports, "Health warning: As DNA screening takes hold, Americans find it can leave them unemployed and uninsured."

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