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Law or Ethics?

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Molecular Genetics in Medicine

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Two matters will be considered which are of both indirect and direct relevance. Once is the current legal position in relation to recent developments in human fertilisation and embryology. The other is genetic counselling, with specific reference to Huntington’s Chorea.

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Authors
  1. D. J. Cusine
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Professor of Human Genetics, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

    D. F. Roberts

  2. Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Hull, UK

    Robert Chester

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© 1991 The Galton Institute

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Cusine, D.J. (1991). Law or Ethics?. In: Roberts, D.F., Chester, R. (eds) Molecular Genetics in Medicine. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-10874-9_14

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