?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Health+Care+Challenges+of+Hereditary+Common+Hematological+Disorders+in+Odisha%2C+India&rft.creator=Balgir%2C+RS&rft.subject=JOURNALS&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=Medical+Genetics+over+the+past+few+decades+have+emerged+as+an+important+and+powerful+medical+specialty+with+increasing+appreciation+of+its+role+and+function+in+the+biomedical+sciences.+This+emergence+is+related+to+a+great+extent+to+the+progress+in+the+Human+Genome+Project%2C+which+promises+wide-ranging+applications+in+the+diagnosis%2C+treatment+and+prevention+of+human+diseases.+Nevertheless%2C+the+discussion+on+the+role+of+genetics+as+the+preventive+medicine+and+public+health+care+also+lead+to+ethical%2C+legal+and+social+concerns+about+general+applicability+of+genetic+testing+in+the+ethnic+communities.+The+interpretation+of+prevention+in+the+context+of+genetic+diseases+leads+to+the+unavoidable+discussions+of+genetic+engineering%2C+stem+cell+transplantation%2C+prenatal+diagnosis+and+selective+termination+of+pregnancy%2C+as+well+as+broader+concerns+about+discrimination+in+health+care+coverage%2C+gender+bias%2C+employment+and+insurance+in+the+society.+In+Indian+communities+where+consanguineous+marriage+is+widely+practiced%2C+recessive%2Fx-linked+genetic+disorders+such+as+sickle+cell+disease+and+beta-thalassemia%2C+will+continue+to+gain+greater+prominence+in+the+overall+spectrum+of+ill+health.+Developing+an+understanding+of+these+changes+will+require+a+wide-ranging+and+multidisciplinary+investigative+approach+for+which+public+health+genetics+is+ideally+suited+to+conditions+in+Odisha.&rft.publisher=BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2012-04-15&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8865%2F1%2F2012-1-2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Balgir%2C+RS++(2012)+Health+Care+Challenges+of+Hereditary+Common+Hematological+Disorders+in+Odisha%2C+India.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F8865%2F