Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria

The specific characteristics of genetic data lead to ethical-legal conflicts in the framework of genetic diagnosis. Several international organisations, including UNESCO and the Council of Europe, have enacted rules referring to the use of genetic information. This paper discusses possible legal and...

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Autor principal: Nicolás, Pilar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2007
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736986/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19725990
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-5-3-144
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spelling pubmed-27369862009-09-03 Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria Nicolás, Pilar Hered Cancer Clin Pract Debate Article The specific characteristics of genetic data lead to ethical-legal conflicts in the framework of genetic diagnosis. Several international organisations, including UNESCO and the Council of Europe, have enacted rules referring to the use of genetic information. This paper discusses possible legal and ethical criteria that could be used in genetic testing. BioMed Central 2007-09-15 /pmc/articles/PMC2736986/ /pubmed/19725990 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1897-4287-5-3-144 Text en
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title_full Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_fullStr Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_full_unstemmed Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_short Discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
title_sort discussing options between patients and health care professionals in genetic diagnosis: ethical and legal criteria
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736986/
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