Ethical issues in ocular genetics

Current Opinion in Ophthalmology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 382-386

  Mezer, Eedy ^a,b   Wygnanski Jaffe, Tamara ^c,d  

^a Rambam Healthcare Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^d TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ethics; Gene therapy; Ophthalmic genetics; Predictive testing; Prenatal testing

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; BLINDNESS; EYE DISEASE; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL ETHICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SELECTION; PRENATAL SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RETINITIS PIGMENTOSA; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; EYE DISEASES; GENE THERAPY; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 69749127684     PISSN: 10408738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ICU.0b013e32832f7feb     Document Type: Review

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