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The specific aims of this study are to: confirm and extend previous work on the prevalence and nature of data sharing and withholding in academic genetics and its subfields; investigate the factors…

This project is focused on the ways in which two diagnostic technologies--screening mammography and genetic testing--emerged, diffused, interacted with medical and social thought and values, and…

This project will conduct a one-day symposium for consumers on a topic of critical concern to hard of hearing consumers, that of genetics and hearing loss at the time of the 14th International…

This study will investigate the opinions of individuals from prostate cancer families ascertained in an ongoing prostate cancer family study, conducted since 1996 in San Antonio, Texas. Fifteen…

This study will analyze the process of publicizing new genetic discoveries, and the impact of medical reports on consumers and providers. Under specific aim 1 (SA1), the investigators will conduct…

Although scholars have offered valuable policy recommendations, lawmakers lack a source of comprehensive, clear, and unbiased research concerning the ethical, technical, and legal issues that…

This 3 year project intends to modify existing genetics education curricula to create culturally competent education interventions (i.e., independent modules and a 20-hour comprehensive intervention…

Student Pugwash USA (SPUSA) will hold an international conference, 'Science and Social Responsibility in the New Millennium,' June 28-July 4, 1999. This event, which will bring 200 students…

This project provides support for the 7th Biennial Symposium on Minorities, the Medically Underserved &Cancer. The Symposium was held February 27-March 3, 1999, at the Grand Hyatt Washington…

This study will examine the significance accorded to disability in judgements about quality and value of human lives, focusing on two domains in which such judgments are of central importance…