Genetic Discrimination and Health Care;Ethical Reflections

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This has been confirmed by the Ad Hoc Committee on genetic testing/insurance issues. See Background statement. Genetic testing and insurance. American Journal of Human Genetics 56 (1995): 327–331.

See Payne J. Health Insurance Implications of Genetic Testing. The Genetic Resource 6 (1992): 89–92.

See Murray T.H. Ethics , Genetic Prediction and Heart Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology 72 (1993): 80D–84D.

See Murray T.H. Ethics , Genetic Prediction and Heart Disease. The American Journal of Cardiology 72 (1993): p. 83D.

This has been denounced by the Ad Hoc Committee on genetic testing/insurance issues (1995).

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