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Risky Business: Genetic Testing and Exclusionary Practices in the Hazardous Workplace: Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy

Autor Elaine Draper
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 29 aug 1991
At a time when more corporate employers are using genetic information as a cornerstone of their hiring practices, when workers find their chromosomes considered alongside their resumes, the ramifications of genetic testing demand further examination. Risky Business analyzes health screening in the workplace - three major types of testing are examined: genetic screening in which job applicants and employees are tested for inherited traits that may predispose them to the disease:genetic monitoring that aims to detect genetic damage among current employees that could indicate exposure to dangerous chemicals; and teratogenic risk in which laboratory cultures and animals are used to provide evidence of the effects of chemical exposure on humans.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780521422482
ISBN-10: 0521422485
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 19 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Cambridge University Press
Colecția Cambridge University Press
Seria Cambridge Studies in Philosophy and Public Policy

Locul publicării:New York, United States

Cuprins

Foreword Nicholas A. Ashford; Preface; Introduction; 1. Genetic testing and exclusionary practices in the workplace: risk, power, and controversy; 2. the rise of the genetic paradigm for occupational risk; 3. Competing conceptions of safety: high-risk workers or high-risk work?; 4. Sex, race, and genetic predisposition; 5. Power and control in industrial medicine; 6. Who bears the burden? The legal and economic context of occupational disease; 7. The social construction of workplace hazards: Conclusions and policy implications; Appendix; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.

Descriere

Professor Draper shows that a major shift has been taking place in the prevailing conception of risk in the workplace.