Huntington's disease and the ethics of genetic prediction
What ethical justification can be found for informing a person that he or she will later develop a lethal disease for which no therapy is available? This question has been discussed during the past twenty years by specialists concerned with the prevention of Huntington's Disease, an incurable l...
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BMJ Publ.
1992
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Journal of medical ethics
Year: 1992, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, Pages: 79-85 |
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