Ethical Challenges in Teaching Genetics for Medical Students
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Ethical Challenges in Teaching Genetics for Medical Students
Although inclusion of ethics as a study course in medical students' curricula is a common practice, special approaches in teaching ethics in the context of genetics should be considered. In the realm of genomics, there are several ethically sensitive topics such as diagnosis of genetic diseases, in vitro fertilization, and identification of genetic susceptibility to common diseases. In addition...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1935-7877,1935-7885
DOI: 10.1128/jmbe.v15i2.776