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This project will investigate the nature of disability to articulate, for public policy, the purposes for which emerging testing capabilities ought ethically to be used. To analyze the nature of…

This project will study the role of patient preferences and other factors in choices regarding use of prenatal screening for and diagnosis of chromosomal disorders in a racially/ethnically diverse…

This study will (a) describe the medical, genetic, and carrier knowledge and beliefs in a population of female relatives of individuals with severe type A hemophilia before and after the relatives…

This study employs a critical content analytic approach to ascertain the degree of perfectionist, essentialist and discriminatory social norms associated with the rise in public discourse about…

The two specific aims for the proposed summer genetics program for nursing faculty are: (a) to increase nursing faculty knowledge about human genetics and its clinical application, and b) to increase…

The two specific aims are unchanged for the expanded Genetics Educational Program for Nursing Faculty: a) to increase nursing faculty knowledge about genetics and its clinical application, and b) to…

The goal of this project is to identify and analyze the challenges that genetic enhancements pose for American health policy and social policy. It will place genetics into the context of other…

The proposed study will investigate the utilization and impact of DNA profiling (DNA 'fingerprinting') in criminal cases, exploring the integration of a powerful new technology into the…

This project will develop a new multidisciplinary undergraduate course in the ethical, legal, and social implications of the Human Genome Project. The course will offer a case-study oriented approach…

In response to the extraordinary interest in and demand for substantial training in undergraduate ELSI education, Dartmouth College's Ethics Institute proposes to expand the number of annual…