Refusing to provide a prenatal test: can it ever be ethical?
- 16 November 2006
- Vol. 333 (7577) , 1066-1068
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.38950.645799.55
Abstract
Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant lethal neurodegenerative disorder, with a mean age of onset of 37 years.1 There is no treatment that modifies the natural course of the disease. Prenatal genetic testing can raise difficult ethical issues for clinicians.Keywords
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