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...Wendy McGoodwin, executive director for the Council of Responsible Genetics in Cambridge, Mass., argued that using genetic tests in the context of employment, insurance and access to public services is inappropriate because the tests only reveal a limited amount of information...
...genetic test tells nothing of the severity of the disorder," McGoodwin said. "This ambiguity makes making predictions about an individual based on these tests unfair...
...some cases, people are dissuaded from taking genetic tests out of fear that the test results will be placed on their permanent medical records, McGoodwin said...
...People are afraid to go in for genetic testing," McGoodwin said. "I have a friend whose father has Huntington's disease, which means she has a fifty-fifty chance of carrying the gene. She is curious to know whether she has the gene but is afraid to go in for testing because if the test comes out positive, that result may be used against her by various agencies...
Robert R. McGoodwin...