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Genetic Testing and the Family

6 May 2005

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The family experience of genetic testing is explored in this article. Two family stories are presented to illustrate how families define and manage the ethical and social issues that emerge during 2 types of genetic testing: mutation analysis for Huntington's disease and genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility. These 2 families were purposefully selected because their stories exemplify the...

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PMID: 15895001
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.02.008

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