Choice as responsibility: Genetic testing as citizenship through familial obligation and the management of risk

Genetic Governance: Health, Risk and Ethics in a Biotech Era

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 74-87

  Polzer, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84905808691     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203000823     Document Type: Chapter

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