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Life insurers banned from using genetic data
Manage episode 440946041 series 5409
The government is preparing legislation to ban life insurers from using genetic testing results to discriminate coverage.
The practice put Australians off getting tested, meaning they potentially missed out on important health information.
Could this reform lead to population-sized screening for high risk genes?
Guest
- Jane Tiller, the ethical legal and social health advisor in public health genomics at Monash University
References
1378 episoder
Manage episode 440946041 series 5409
The government is preparing legislation to ban life insurers from using genetic testing results to discriminate coverage.
The practice put Australians off getting tested, meaning they potentially missed out on important health information.
Could this reform lead to population-sized screening for high risk genes?
Guest
- Jane Tiller, the ethical legal and social health advisor in public health genomics at Monash University
References
1378 episoder
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