Ethical Issues in Contemporary Clinical Genetics

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As genetic sequencing capabilities become more powerful and costs decline, the reach of genomics is expanding beyond research laboratories to the wards, outpatient clinics, and, with the marketing of direct-to-consumer testing services, patients' homes. Increasingly, patients receiving various diagnoses-from cancer to cardiomyopathy-can reasonably expect to have conversations with their providers about...

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