RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Ethical dilemmas in clinical genetics. JF Journal of Medical Ethics JO J Med Ethics FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Institute of Medical Ethics SP 73 OP 76 DO 10.1136/jme.10.2.73 VO 10 IS 2 A1 I D Young YR 1984 UL http://jme.bmj.com/content/10/2/73.abstract AB This paper discusses the results of a survey of medical and paramedical opinion relating to various difficult ethical issues in clinical genetics. These include the confidentiality of the doctor-patient relationship, prenatal diagnosis and termination, and Huntington's chorea. It is suggested that this method provides a useful means of assessing what is ethically acceptable in contemporary society.