This web page was produced as an assignment for an undergraduate course at Davidson College:

  The Application of Public Health Ethics to the Genomic Revolution

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  6. Public health institutions should provide communities with the information they have that is needed for decisions on policies or programs and obtain consent for their implementation



  When the utility of a test is known it should be conveyed to the public


  Large scale advances in technology should involve engaging a knowledgeable community


  Community should know the cost of a program: sequencing costs


  Public health may have to take into account the private marketing of genomic technologies

        May influence the understanding of the general public: Bad Apples


  The community needs to be able to decipher fact from fiction with respect to the capabilities of genomic technology [see principle 4: WHO patient rights]