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Balancing autonomy and responsibility: the ethics of generating and disclosing genetic information
- Correspondence to: Dr N Hallowell, Department of Psychological Medicine, The Royal Marsden NHS Trust, Downs Road, Sutton, Surrey SM2 5PT, UK; ninah{at}icr.ac.uk
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Balancing autonomy and responsibility: the ethics of generating and disclosing genetic information
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- Accepted September 26, 2002
- Revised August 10, 2002
- First published April 1, 2003.
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April 27, 2016
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Copyright 2003 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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