Abstract

As modern human genetics moves from the research setting to the clinical setting, it will encounter the managed care system. Issues of cost, access, and quality of care will affect the availability and nature of genetic testing, genetic counseling, and genetic therapies. This articles explores such issues as professional education, coverage of genetic services, privacy and confidentiality, and liability. It concludes with a series of recommendations for the practice of genetic medicine in the age of managed care.

Keywords

genetics, managed care, genetic counseling, human genome project, genetic medicine, quality of care

Publication Date

1999

Document Type

Article

Place of Original Publication

Wake Forest Law Review

Publication Information

Genetic Testing, Genetic Medicine, and Managed Care

Comments

34 Wake Forest Law Review 849 (1999)

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