Wielding the implement of law: Distilling new rights and responsibilities in the age of the 'new genetics'

Source: Health, Risk & Society
Vol.1, Issue 3, pp. 333 - 341, Published:
Pages: Vol.1, Issue 3, pp. 333 - 341

The law has, to date, been slow to respond to advances in genetics, but in many ways this may be propitious. History teaches us that there is an ever-present risk that the law will be used merely to embody knee-jerk reactions to new developments in med