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An ethical imperative: genetics education for physicians and patients.

Medicine and law - 1 Jan 2003

Kegley Jacquelyn Ann K

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The Human Genome project will result in a rapid increase in information about genetically based disease and possible genetically based therapies and cures. In light of this, radical changes in medical education may be necessary. Patients rely on physicians for medical advice about genetic ills and treatments and yet there is mounting evidence that physicians are not well informed about genetics and indeed that...

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