legal problems of genetic diagnosis

• Project/Area Number: 21530108
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: New fields of law
• Research Institution: Kyushu University
• Principal Investigator: KOIKE Yasushi 九州大学, 法学研究院, 准教授 (00309486)
• Project Period (FY): 2009 – 2011
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2011)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,120,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥720,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2010: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000); Fiscal Year 2009: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
• Keywords: 医事法 / 遺伝診断 / 実親子関係 / 遺伝子診断 / 実親子法 / 個人情報 / プライヴィシー / 親子関係

Research Abstract

This study examined the significance of DNA-analysis in the problems of parent-child relationship. In the legal problems of genetic diagnosis the interest to decide whether to know about the results of genetic diagnosis plays a decisive role, while the parent-child relationship doesn' t depends solely on the genetic facts. In this study is researched, in comparison of the discussion of German law, how genetic diagnosis and its result should be treated in deciding a legal parent-child relationship.