The 10th Oxbridge varsity medical ethics debate-should we fear the rise of direct-to-consumer genetic testing?

The 10th Oxbridge varsity medical ethics debate-should we fear the rise of direct-to-consumer genetic testing?

Abstract In an increasingly data-driven age of medicine, do companies that offer genetic testing directly to patients represent an important part of personalising care, or a dangerous threat to privacy? Should we celebrate this new mechanism of patient involvement, or fear its implications? The Univ...

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Main Authors: Christian Michael Armstrong Holland, Edward Harry Arbe-Barnes, Euan Joseph McGivern, Ruairidh Mungo Connor Forgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-10-01
Series:Philosophy, Ethics, and Humanities in Medicine
Subjects:
Genetic testing
Direct-to-consumer testing
Genetics
Genomics
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13010-018-0069-9

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