Browsing Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Works by Author "Clayton, Ellen Wright"

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    • Afterword: Voices and Violence-- A Dialogue 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Clayton, Jay, 1951- (Vanderbilt Law Review, 1990)
      When organizing this Symposium on the topic of "Law, Literature, and Social Change," we asked whether current trends in literature and in literary, social, and legal theory actually could play a role in bringing about ...
    • Approaches to Carrier Testing and Results Disclosure in Translational Genomics Research 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Porter, Kathryn M.; et al. (Molecular Genetics & Genomic Medicine, 2017)
      Background: Clinical genome and exome sequencing (CGES) is primarily used to address specific clinical concerns by detecting risk of future disease, clarifying diagnosis, or directing treatment. Additionally, CGES makes ...
    • Can I Be Sued for That? Liability Risk and the Disclosure of Clinically Significant Genetic Research Findings 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; McGuire, Amy L.; Knoppers, Bartha Maria; Zawati, Ma'n H. (Genome Research, 2014)
      Genomic researchers increasingly are faced with difficult decisions about whether, under what circumstances, and how to return research results and significant incidental findings to study participants. Many have argued ...
    • Development of an Early Identification and Response Model of Malpractice Prevention 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Hickson, Gerald B.; Pichert, James W.; Federspiel, Charles F. (Law and Contemporary Problems, 1997)
      The purpose of this article is to describe the development of an early identification and response model of malpractice prevention that is designed to achieve these objectives. The article begins with a rationale for the ...
    • Ethical and Practical Challenges of Sharing Data from Genome-Wide Association Studies: The eMERGE Consortium Experience 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; McGuire, Amy L.; Basford, Melissa Basford; Dressler, Lynn G.; Fullerton, Stephanie M.; Koenig, Barbara A.; Li, Rongling; McCarty, Cathy A.; Ramos, Erin; Smith, Maureen E.; Somkin, Carol P.; Waudby, Carol; Wolf, Wendy A. (Genome Research, 2011)
      In 2007, the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) established the Electronic MEdical Records and GEnomics (eMERGE) Consortium (www.gwas.net) to develop, disseminate, and apply approaches to research that ...
    • Father and Mother Know Best: Defining the Liability of Physicians for Inadequate Genetic Counseling 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright (Yale Law Journal, 1978)
      Although genetic disorders have been recognized for centuries, recent advances in the study of human genetics often permit accurate determination of the risk that parents will have genetically defective children.' When ...
    • Insurance Coverage Policies for Pharmacogenomic and Multi-Gene Testing for Cancer 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Loomer, Stephanie; Lu, Christine Y.; Ceccarelli, Rachel; Mazor, Kathleen M.; Sabin, James; Ginsburg, Geoffrey S.; Wu, Ann Chen (Journal of Personalized Medicine, 2018)
      Abstract: Insurance coverage policies are a major determinant of patient access to genomic tests. The objective of this study was to examine differences in coverage policies for guideline-recommended pharmacogenomic tests ...
    • Patient Awareness and Approval for an Opt-Out Genomic Biorepository 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Brothers, Kyle B.; Westbrook, Matthew J.; Wright, M. Frances; Myers, John A.; Morrison, Daniel R.; Madison, Jennifer L.; Pulley, Jill M. (Personalized Medicine, 2013)
      Aim: In this study, we sought to assess patient awareness and perceptions of an opt-out biorepository. Materials & methods: We conducted exit interviews with adult patients and parents of pediatric patients having their ...
    • Patients and Biobanks 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright (Villanova Law Review, 2006)
      The question about the privacy of medical information can be stated simply: To what extent can and should patients control what the medical record contains and who has access to it and for what purposes? Patients often ...
    • Screening and Treatment of Newborns 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright (Houston Law Review, 1992)
      With the advent of new genetic technologies and the Human Genome Initiative, interest in the problems posed by genetic diagnostics in general, and by genetic screening in particular, has surfaced. Many recent works focus ...
    • Seeking Genomic Knowledge: The Case for Clinical Restraint 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright; Burke, Wylie; Trinidad, Susan Brown (Hastings Law Journal, 2013)
      Genome sequencing technology provides new and promising tests for clinical practice, including whole genome sequencing, which measures an individual's complete DNA sequence, and whole exome sequencing, which measures the ...
    • Through the Lens of the Sequence 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright (Genome Research, 2001)
      The completion of the rough draft of the human genome is a scientific feat worthy of celebration. But the media attention that has been devoted to the Human Genome Project demonstrates that most people are not as ...
    • What Should the Law Say About Disclosure of Genetic Information to Relatives? 
      Clayton, Ellen Wright (Journal of Health Care Law and Policy, 1998-01-01)
      When a person is diagnosed with a genetic disease or characteristic, his or her relatives are more likely than others in the general population to be similarly affected. This fact raises a host of questions. What should ...