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Is there a duty to share genetic information?

Journal of medical ethics - 1 May 2009

Liao S M

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A number of prominent bioethicists, such as Parker, Lucassen and Knoppers, have called for the adoption of a system in which by default genetic information is shared among family members. This paper suggests that a main reason given in support of this call to share genetic information among family members is the idea that genetic information is essentially familial in nature. On examining this "familial nature of...

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PMID: 19407036
DOI: 10.1136/jme.2008.027029

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