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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: perceptions, problems, and policy responses.

Annual review of medicine - 1 Jan 2012

Caulfield Timothy, McGuire Amy L

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Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has attracted a great amount of attention from policy makers, the scientific community, professional groups, and the media. Although it is unclear what the public demand is for these services, there does appear to be public interest in personal genetic risk information. As a result, many commentators have raised a variety of social, ethical, and regulatory issues...

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PMID: 21888511
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-med-062110-123753

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