Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: Regulating offer or use?

Personalized Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-317

  Rial Sebbag, Emmanuelle ^a   Borry, Pascal ^b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

bioethics; direct to consumer; ethical; France; genetic testing; legal

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; EDITORIAL; FOLLOW UP; FRANCE; GENETIC SCREENING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LAW; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84860716472     PISSN: 17410541     EISSN: 1744828X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/pme.12.29     Document Type: Editorial

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