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Geneticists Speak Out: Culture, Ethics, and History

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Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective

Part of the book series: International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine ((LIME,volume 17))

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Australian clinical geneticists work very much within the traditional Western framework of medical ethics, in that their main focus is on individual welfare, rather than social goals.

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  1. University of Massachusetts Medical School and Shriver Center, Waltham, MA, USA

    Dorothy C. Wertz (Research Professor of Psychiatry)

  2. University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    John C. Fletcher (Professor Emeritus of Biomedical Ethics and Internal Medicine)

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Wertz, D.C., Fletcher, J.C. (2004). Geneticists Speak Out: Culture, Ethics, and History. In: Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0981-2_9

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