Risky business : genetic testing and exclusionary practices in the hazardous workplace
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Risky business : genetic testing and exclusionary practices in the hazardous workplace
(Cambridge studies in philosophy and public policy)
Cambridge University Press, 1991
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-296) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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.
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