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Clinical ethics
Parents perspectives on whole genome sequencing for their children: qualified enthusiasm?

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  • J A Anderson Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M S Meyn The Centre for Genetic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • C Shuman The Centre for Genetic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Molecular Genetics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Genetic Counselling, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Zlotnik Shaul Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • L E Mantella Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto, Canada Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • M J Szego Joint Centre for Bioethics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto, Canada The Centre for Applied Genomics, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • S Bowdin The Centre for Genetic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Program in Genetics and Genomic Biology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • N Monfared The Centre for Genetic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • R Z Hayeems The Centre for Genetic Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Child Health Evaluative Sciences, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Randi Zlotnik Shaul, Department of Bioethics, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada; randi.zlotnik-shaul{at}sickkids.ca
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Anderson JA, Meyn MS, Shuman C, et al
Parents perspectives on whole genome sequencing for their children: qualified enthusiasm?
Journal of Medical Ethics 2017;43:535-539.

Publication history

  • Received March 24, 2016
  • Revised August 17, 2016
  • Accepted October 14, 2016
  • First published November 25, 2016.
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July 26, 2017

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