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(American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington DC, 1992) p 62.
2. Murray T, ibid, p63.
3. Congress of the United States Office of Technology Assessment (1983). The role of genetic testing in the
prevention of occupational disease. US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
4. Congress of the United States Office of Technology Assessment (1990). <strong>Genetic</strong> monitoring and <strong>screening</strong>
in the workplace. US Government Printing Office, Washington DC.
5. Disabled Persons (Employment) Act 1944.
6. Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974, ss 10-14.
7. The Danish <strong>Council</strong> of Ethics (1993) Ethics and the mapping of the human genome. p 85.
8. Robertson J, “Legal Issues in <strong>Genetic</strong> Testing” in The Genome, Ethics and the Law, pp 96-97 (see Note
1 above).
CHAPTER 7
1. Fisher R (1935) Linkage studies and the prognosis of hereditary ailments. International Congress on
Life Assurance Medicine. London, pp 1-3.
2. Association of British Insurers. Submission to Working Party on <strong>Genetic</strong> Screening. 11 June 1992, pp 1-2.
3. US Congress Office of Technology Assessment. <strong>Genetic</strong> tests and health insurance : results of a survey.
Washington DC. US Government Printing Office, 1992.
CHAPTER 8
1. Department of Health (1993) Population needs and genetic services. Circulated under cover of
PL/CMO(93)5 and PL/CNO(93)4. Available from Department of Health Store, Health Publications Unit, No
2 Site, Manchester Road, Heywood, Lancashire OL10 2PZ.
2. Watson E et al (1992) Psychological and social consequences of community carrier <strong>screening</strong> for
cystic fibrosis. Lancet 1992;340:217-20.
3. Burn J (1993) Screening for cystic fibrosis in primary care. BMJ 1993;306:1558-9.