Newswise — “The FDA was right to request more information from the manufacturer of the genetic testing kit before its sale to consumers,” says IU School of Law-Indianapolis Professor David Orentlicher.“Genetic test results can easily be misunderstood and mislead people about their risks of disease.”
“But we need to be sure that we do not interfere too much with the ability of individuals to learn about their health risks,” adds Orentlicher, who is both an attorney and a physician. “The medical profession and government can become too protective of patients and deny them important information about their health status.”
Orentlicher is the Samuel R. Rosen Professor of Law at IU School of Law-Indianapolis, and co-director of the William S. and Christine S. Hall Center for Law and Health, a unit of the IU School of Law-Indianapolis, which is located on the campus of Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Orentlicher holds a M.D. from Harvard Medical School and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.
In addition to his positions at the law school, David Orentlicher is an adjunct professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine, also located at IUPUI. He previously served as director of the Division of Medical Ethics at the American Medical Association for six-and-a-half years.
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