Jane Glover Barrister – Mediator – Adjudicator

Bioethics

Who can call themselves a “doctor” in New Zealand?

In Bioethics, Consumer Law, Health, Intellectual Property

5 Min read

First, a confession. This particular bugbear is linked to an earlier one: direct-to-consumer sales of gene testing for health purposes. I posted about that here. To add fuel to my already well-stoked fire of indignation, the presenter who tried to sell me gene testing and analysis services styled herself as “Dr L_____”. Dr L’s business card gave her qualifications as “DDS, BS, Genetic...

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Direct-to-consumer gene testing services for health

By Jane Glover

In Bioethics, Consumer Law, Health, Privacy

6 Min read

Maybe I’m naïve, but last year I went to a talk our local library, which was billed as “a free educational evening on epigenetics, nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, inflammation, methylation, vitamin D & more”, thinking that it was going to be a general academic talk on those subjects. Perhaps I was lulled into a false sense of security by the venue, or the fact that I was invited by...

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