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The genetic testing of children for cancer susceptibility: ethical, legal, and social issues.

Behavioral sciences & the law - 1 Jan 1996

Patenaude A F

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Genetic testing for cancer susceptibility raises many ethical, legal, and social concerns, particularly when testing children is also considered. The complexity of defining medical and psychosocial risks and benefits of genetic predisposition testing for multifactorial disorders, like cancer, is discussed. Presumed incompetence of children and adolescents and questionable ability of many adults to understand...

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PMID: 9156420
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199623)14:4<393::AID-BSL248>3.0.CO;2-9

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