Ethical issues in denial of church wedding based on couple’s hemoglobin genotype in Enugu, south eastern Nigeria

BACKGROUND: Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is a major genetic disease with the greatest burden in sub-Saharan Africa. To try to help reduce this burden, some churches in Nigeria conduct premarital sickle cell hemoglobin screening and refuse to conduct weddings when both individuals are identified as carri...

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Autores principales: Ezugwu, Euzebus C., Osamor, Pauline E., Wendler, David
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2019
Materias:
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0376-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6542068/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142291
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12910-019-0376-8

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