Direct-to-consumer genetic testing in Slovenia: Availability, ethical dilemmas and legislation

Biochemia Medica

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 84-89

  Vrecar, Irena ^a   Peterlin, Borut ^a   Teran, Natasa ^a   Lovrecic, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Direct to consumer genetic testing; DTC; Ethics in genetics; Legislation

Indexed keywords

ANCESTRY GROUP; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DRUG RESPONSE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LAW; MEDICAL ETHICS; NUTRIGENOMICS; PATERNITY TEST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SLOVENIA; CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE;

CONFIDENTIALITY; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC TESTING; HUMANS; MALE; SLOVENIA;

EID: 84922572881     PISSN: 13300962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11613/BM.2015.010     Document Type: Article

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