Erratum: Our changeable memories: legal and social implications

Economics, Social, Legal and Health Implications

Ethical, legal, and social issues: our children's future.

A convergence of issues suggests that protecting child health is not so much a matter of research, but rather a matter of policy and advocacy. First, we have well-articulated views of a vision for child health. Second, we have experience and toxicological research findings demonstrating the adverse health effects of hazardous chemicals on children and recognize that children are more sensitive ...

Social and Legal Implications of Social Networking Websites

The purpose of this paper is to describe some of the social and legal implications of widespread social networking websites. I will start by briefly describing the history of Social Networking Websites (SNWs) and listing some of the most popular current examples. Then, I will view some of the positive cultural effects that SNWs have made. I will also discuss some of the social implications, suc...

Ethical, legal, and social implications of genomic medicine.

N Engl J Med 2003;349:562-9. Copyright © 2003 Massachusetts Medical Society. s detailed in other articles in the Genomic Medicine series , genomics has contributed greatly to our understanding of the molecular basis of disease and, to a lesser but growing extent, to the development of effective interventions. Clinicians and society at large, however, are concerned about the effect genetic knowl...

The environmental genome project: ethical, legal, and social implications.

The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences is supporting a multiyear research initiative examining genetic influences on environmental response. Proponents of this new initiative, known as the Environmental Genome Project, hope that the information learned will improve our understanding of environmentally associated diseases and allow clinicians and public health officials to targe...