ReviewThe Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD2008
Medical ethics for the genome world: a paper from the 2007 William Beaumont hospital symposium on molecular pathology.
Review in The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
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2 citing papers in PubMed.
- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of the General Population Regarding Peripheral Blood Chromosomal Testing in the Premarital or Preconception Context.Molecular genetics & genomic medicine · 2025Article
- Systematic cell-based phenotyping of missense alleles empowers rare variant association studies: a case for LDLR and myocardial infarction.PLoS genetics · 2015Article
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Abstract
Medical genetics, and in particular the areas of genetic testing and genetic counseling, are replete with ethical and social issues. This review provides readers with a summary of the genetic testing and counseling process, as well as the clinical challenges that can lead to ethical dilemmas during these processes. Using a clinical medical ethics approach, several hypothetical case scenarios are presented and discussed to provide examples of the ethical issues that can arise.
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