Ethical, legal, social, and policy implications of behavioral genetics

Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2013, Pages 515-534

  Berryessa, Colleen M ^a   Cho, Mildred K ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Commercialization; Criminal justice; Ethics; Eugenics; Genetic testing; Patient advocacy

Indexed keywords

AMINE OXIDASE (FLAVIN CONTAINING) ISOENZYME A; CATECHOL METHYLTRANSFERASE; SEROTONIN TRANSPORTER;

ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR GENETICS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHILD REARING; COPY NUMBER VARIATION; CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR; CRIMINAL JUSTICE; DEPRESSION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; MEDICAL GENETICS; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL DISEASE; OPTOGENETICS; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CRIME; GENETIC TESTING; GENETICS, BEHAVIORAL; GENOMICS; HUMANS;

EID: 84884304529     PISSN: 15278204     EISSN: 1545293X     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-genom-090711-163743     Document Type: Review

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