Prejudice
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

How will GINA influence participation in pharmacogenomics research and clinical testing?

30 Oct 2009 After a 13-year battle in Congress--longer than it took to map the human genome--the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) was passed into law on 21 May 2008. Before its passing, Francis Collins, then director of the National Human Genome ... Read more...

Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents.

30 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino high school students. METHODS: Latino 9(th) graders (N = 1332) completed self-report measures of perceived discrimination and substance use behavior. RESULTS: Perceived ... Read more...

Interim final rules prohibiting discrimination based on genetic information in health insurance coverage and group health plans. Interim final rules with request for comments.

5 Oct 2009 This document contains interim final rules implementing sections 101 through 103 of the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008. These provisions prohibit discrimination based on genetic information in health insurance coverage and group ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Prejudice'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Aging matters in cancer research. 29 Nov 2009
• How will GINA influence participation in pharmacogenomics research and clinical testing? 30 Oct 2009
• Perceived discrimination and substance use among Latino adolescents. 30 Oct 2009
• The myth of the virgin rape myth. 22 Oct 2009
• Mental health services for older people. 22 Oct 2009
• Towards reducing disparities in disparities research. 19 Oct 2009
• Let's celebrate human genetic diversity. 6 Oct 2009
• Sanctions against scientists threaten progress. 6 Oct 2009
• Interim final rules prohibiting discrimination based on genetic information in health insurance coverage and group health plans. Interim final rules with request for comments. 5 Oct 2009
• [Is a woman's life less valuable than a man's?] 22 Sep 2009
• Concerns grow over Cambodia's "AIDS colony". 17 Sep 2009
• See baby discriminate. Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color. What's a parent to do? 12 Sep 2009
• The global and the local: changes at Groote Schuur Hospital. 3 Sep 2009
• Teaching white privilege to white students can mean saying good-bye to positive student evaluations. 30 Aug 2009
• Conditions for intuitive expertise: a failure to disagree. 30 Aug 2009
• Moving forward: transgender persons as change agents in health care access and human rights. 30 Aug 2009
• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in conflict areas: a study among patients receiving treatment from Lacor Hospital, Uganda. 30 Aug 2009
• Integration of STI and HIV prevention, care, and treatment into family planning services: a review of the literature. 30 Aug 2009
• Fear and loathing on the front line. 30 Aug 2009
• Global aging: challenges for community psychology. 30 Aug 2009

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Technical information about 'Prejudice'

Definition: A preconceived judgment made without adequate evidence and not easily alterable by presentation of contrary evidence.

Descriptor UI: D011287

Alternative terms: Prejudice; Prejudices; Racism; Social Discrimination; Discrimination, Social; Sexism; Gender Bias; Bias, Gender; Sex Bias; Bias, Sex; Sex Discrimination; Discrimination, Sex; Ageism; Segregation;

Tree Number: F01.829.595;

Technical Notes: no qualif; coord IM with object of prejudice (IM)