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| Public consultation on the document on Predictivity, Genetic Testing and Insurance | |
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The Council of Europe Committee on Bioethics (DH-BIO) is launching a public consultation on
the document on Predictivity, Genetic Testing and Insurance.
The consultation will close on 27 April 2012. The answers should be submitted in the questionnaire in English or French via e-mail to the following address: dgI.consultation@coe.int. The purpose of this consultation is to elicit comments and replies namely from bodies representative of the different fields concerned (in particular, patients, consumers, insurers and reinsurers, doctors, geneticists, ombudspersons), at national and international levels, on proposals and questions regarding the use of predictive health-related data, in particular genetic data, in the field of insurance. This work is part of a larger activity undertaken by the Council of Europe. This activity aimed at developing a legal framework for the protection of human rights with regard to the use of genetic testing in the medical as well as non-medical field, which first step was achieved with the adoption of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine, regarding Genetic Testing for Health Purposes (CETS No 203). At the end of the consultation period, the comments and answers received will be examined and analysed by the DH-BIO with a view to preparing a possible legal instrument. |
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