Genetic testing: Some ethical aspects

Current Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 297-299

  Raeburn, J A ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Beneficence; Confidentiality; Informed choice; Nonmaleficence; Penetrance; Predictive genetic tests; Preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD); Prenatal diagnosis (PND); Presymptomatic testing (PST)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHORION VILLUS SAMPLING; CLINICAL FEATURE; ETHICS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DISORDER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INFORMED CONSENT; PEDIGREE; PENETRANCE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIVACY; SHORT SURVEY; TRISOMY 21;

EID: 0036802683     PISSN: 09575847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0957-5847(02)90278-7     Document Type: Short Survey

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