GENETIC HEALTH AND GENETIC DISEASE

Value Inquiry Book Series

Volumn 83, Issue , 1999, Pages 121-143

  Hoedemaekers, Rogeer ^a   ten Have, Henk ^a  

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EID: 0004509070     PISSN: 09298436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1163/9789004433588_016     Document Type: Chapter

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55. We are grateful to the Commission of the European Community for funding the EUROSCREEN I project, of which this chapter fonns a part. We also express gratitude for valuable remarks received from other members of the Department of Ethics, Philosophy, and History of Ethics of the Medical School of the Catholic University of Nijmegen, as well as from members of the Euroscreen subgroup focusing on philosophical aspects of genetic screening, notably Ingmar Porn, Veikko Launis, J0rgen Husted, and Kris Dierickx.