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An Ethos of Genetic Testing

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way-in short, the period was so far like the present period, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge and commend the chapter written by T. F. Ackerman entitled “Ethical Issues in Genetic Testing for Cancer Susceptibility” in the First Edition of this monograph. We also express appreciation to Ms. Betty J. Young-Pledger, Secretary V, and Ms. Patricia A. Dickinson, Word Processing Specialist, Department of Surgery, College of Medicine and Medical Center University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama, for superbly typing our manuscript.

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Gandy, R.E., Rodning, C.B. (2011). An Ethos of Genetic Testing. In: Ellis, C. (eds) Inherited Cancer Syndromes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6821-0_3

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