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Genetic testing without consent: the implications of the new Human Tissue Act 2004
- Correspondence to: A Lucassen Wessex Clinical Genetics Service, Princess Anne Hospital, Southampton SO16 5YA, UK;A.M.Lucassen{at}soton.ac.uk
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Genetic testing without consent: the implications of the new Human Tissue Act 2004
Publication history
- Received July 15, 2005
- Accepted February 9, 2006
- Revised January 6, 2006
- First published December 4, 2006.
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December 04, 2006
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Copyright 2006 by the Journal of Medical Ethics
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