Physicians whose patients may be affected by genetic cancer syndromes must be sensitive to a range of legal and ethical concerns. We provide an overview of the major issues, focusing on developments in the United States. The first section examines the physician's legal and ethical duties to the pati
Ethical and policy issues in pediatric genetics
โ Scribed by Lainie Friedman Ross
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 148C
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4868
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