The open-access journal Laws invites submissions for a special issue entitled “Precision Medicine, Law & Disability.” Manuscripts are due by March 30, 2016.
Emerging precision medicine initiatives in the US, the UK, and other economically developed countries raise many hopes. These initiatives aim to construct large-scale genetic and health information databases and rely on human genome sequencing and powerful data analysis technologies to advance research on disease risk assessment, understanding of disease mechanisms, prediction of optimal therapy, and development of pharmacogenomics to enable the provision of drugs that are tailored to individuals’ genetic makeup. There is a growing body of literature that considers the challenges arising from precision medicine initiatives to participants, but the implications of such programs on persons with disabilities are not well studied. The aim of this Issue is to consider the interplay between law, medical ethics, disability rights, and precision medicine programs.
