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Genomics and equal opportunity ethics.
Journal of medical ethics - 1 May 2008
Cappelen A W, Norheim O F, Tungodden B
Abstract excerpt
Genomics provides information on genetic susceptibility to diseases and new possibilities for interventions which can fundamentally alter the design of fair health policies. The aim of this paper is to explore implications of genomics from the perspective of equal opportunity ethics. The ideal of equal opportunity requires that individuals are held responsible for some, but not all, factors that affect their...
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