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Ethical considerations in psychiatric genetics.

Harvard review of psychiatry - 1 Jan 2008

Hoop Jinger G

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Ethical considerations in psychiatric genetics are highly complex and fluid. This review introduces the reader to the wide range of ethical considerations in this field by examining four characteristics of genetic information. First, genetic information may, to a greater or lesser extent, predict a person's future health. Second, learning about one's genotype may have profound psychosocial consequences. Third,...

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Attitude to Health
Decision Support Techniques
Genetic Predisposition to Disease
Genetic Privacy
Genetic Research
Genetic Testing
Humans
Mental Disorders
Psychiatry

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PMID: 19085387
DOI: 10.1080/10673220802576859

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