Ethical issues in genetic testing.

John Paul Slosar

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Ethical issues in genetic testing.

John Paul Slosar

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Genetic testing is becoming ever more prevalent in the post-genome project practice of medicine. Subsequently, genetic testing for disorders lacking any therapeutic interventions is also becoming more prevalent. This article will examine some of the ethical challenges raised by our ability to know but not to cure.

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John Paul Slosar. 2005. Ethical issues in genetic testing.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/16604749/

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