THE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES OF WORKERS AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS ON THE ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE
THE DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES OF WORKERS AND OCCUPATIONAL MEDICINE PHYSICIANS ON THE ETHICAL, LEGAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES OF GENETIC TESTING IN THE WORKPLACE
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DOI：
10.2190/ns.21.1.j
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发表时间：
2011-05-01
影响因子：
2.3
通讯作者：
Brandt-Rauf, Paul W.
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作者：
Brandt-Rauf, Sherry, I;Brandt-Rauf, Elka;Brandt-Rauf, Paul W.
在工作场所进行基因检测有望改善工人的健康状况，但也会引发道德、法律和社会问题。在考虑这种测试时，至关重要的是要了解受测试影响最直接的工人和往往直接参与测试实施的职业卫生专业人员的观点。因此，对工会工人（n=25）和职业医学医师（n=23）进行了一系列焦点小组调查。结果表明，在几个关键领域，包括基因检测的目标和适当性，以及将风险降到最低的方法，工作人员和医生的观点截然不同。总的来说，工人受到对雇主、医生和政府的极度不信任的指导，而医生主要受科学和医疗问题的指导，在许多情况下，受工人不信任的商业问题的指导。
Genetic testing in the workplace holds the promise of improving worker health but also raises ethical, legal, and social issues. In considering such testing, it is critical to understand the perspectives of workers, who are most directly affected by it, and occupational health professionals, who are often directly involved in its implementation. Therefore, a series of focus groups of unionized workers (n=25) and occupational medicine physicians (n=23) was conducted. The results demonstrated strikingly different perspectives of workers and physicians in several key areas, including the goals and appropriateness of genetic testing, and methods to minimize its risks. In general, workers were guided by a profound mistrust of the employer, physician, and government, while physicians were guided primarily by scientific and medical concerns, and, in many cases, by the business concerns distrusted by the workers.