Mexican geneticists' views of ethical issues in genetics testing and screening. Are eugenic principles involved?

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 323-327

  Lisker, Rúben ^a   Carnevale, Alessandra ^b   Armendares, Salvador ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ethical issues; Eugenics; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Mexican geneticists

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; FEMALE; GENE POOL; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION;

CHINA; DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EUGENICS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MEXICO;

EID: 0032724159     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1399-0004.1999.560411.x     Document Type: Article

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