Genetic testing of the general population: Ethical and informatic concerns

Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 557-561

  Smith, Kelly ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; BRCA1; Genetic screening; Genetic testing; Paternalism

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; INFORMATION SCIENCE; MASS SCREENING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ETHICS; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF TRAINING;

COSTS; DISEASES; GENES; HEALTH CARE; MEDICINE; RISKS;

GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TESTING; PATERNALISM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

EID: 0033622583     PISSN: 0278940X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/CritRevBiomedEng.v28.i34.360     Document Type: Conference Paper

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