Prenatal diagnosis requests for Huntington's disease when the father is at risk and does not want to know his genetic status: clinical, legal, and ethical viewpoints.

Clinical genetics units of hospitals occasionally receive requests from women for prenatal diagnosis for Huntington's disease when their male partners are at risk and do not want to know their genetic status for the disease. These cases raise significant legal and ethical concerns for the clini...

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Main Authors: Tassicker, R, Savulescu, J, Skene, L, Marshall, P, Fitzgerald, L, Delatycki, M
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2003