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Candidate Gene Testing in Clinical Cohort Studies with Multiplexed Genotyping and Mass Spectrometry
Published on: June 21, 2018
[Genetic testing in occupational medicine--conflicts and arguments within a historical perspective]
Stefanie Westermann1, Urban Wiesing
1Institut für Geschichte, Theorie und Ethik der Medizin, Aachen. swestermann@ukaachen.de
Abstract:
The article examines the positions and discussions on genetic testing in occupational medicine within a historical perspective. In the process, it shows a continuity of views regarding occupational medicine and its diagnostic approaches. While labor representatives mainly opposed the possibilities of genetic testing and particularly emphasized its selective nature, physicians stressed the preventive possibilities but nevertheless realized the importance of federal regulation. Interestingly enough, the discussions dealt exclusively with the modern possibilities of genetic testing, which played minuscule role in practice. On the other hand, family history, to this day, has attracted very little interest.
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