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Publication Date: August 2006
Publisher: Progress Educational Trust
Author(s): Gail H. Javitt; Kathy L. Hudson
Research Area: Health
Keywords: Government Accountability Office; Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments; Genetic testing; Oversight
Type: Other
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
While some have warned of the emergence of 'genetic exceptionalism' - the fear that genetic medicine will be treated differently than, and regulated separately from, conventional medicine - the sad reality is that genetics has been ignored by US health oversight agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Rather
than receiving heightened or special attention, genetic testing has fallen between the cracks.
In BioNews, 21 August 2006.