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Ethical Issues in the Genetics of Complex Disorders

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Our ability to predict disease onset by knowing the genetic makeup of an individual has profound ethical implications. This is particularly so with diseases such as stroke which occur late in life. This chapter presents the challenges raised by this knowledge.

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  1. Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College, Charing Cross Campus, St. Dunstans Road, London, W6 8RP, UK

    Wing May Kong MB, BChir, M.A., Ph.D., FRCP

  2. MESH (Medicine, Ethics, Society & History) Department, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

    Angus J. Dawson B.A. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D.

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  1. Wing May Kong MB, BChir, M.A., Ph.D., FRCP
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  2. Angus J. Dawson B.A. (Hons), M.Sc., Ph.D.
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Correspondence to Wing May Kong MB, BChir, M.A., Ph.D., FRCP .

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  1. Imperial College London & Hammersmith Ho, Fulham Palace Road, London, W6 8RF, United Kingdom

    Pankaj Sharma

  2. , Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 4500 San Pablo Road, Jacksonville, 32224, Florida, USA

    James F Meschia

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Kong, W.M., Dawson, A.J. (2013). Ethical Issues in the Genetics of Complex Disorders. In: Sharma, P., Meschia, J. (eds) Stroke Genetics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-209-4_15

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