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The right to know and the right not to know: genetic privacy and responsibility

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The right to know and the right not to know: genetic privacy and responsibility. / Chadwick, Ruth (Editor); Levitt, Mairi (Editor); Shickle, Darren (Editor).
2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 216 p. (Bioethics and Law).

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Chadwick, R, Levitt, M & Shickle, D (eds) 2014, The right to know and the right not to know: genetic privacy and responsibility. Bioethics and Law, 2nd edn, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge .

APA

Chadwick, R., Levitt, M., & Shickle, D. (Eds.) (2014). The right to know and the right not to know: genetic privacy and responsibility. (2nd ed.) (Bioethics and Law). Cambridge University Press.

Vancouver

Chadwick R, (ed.), Levitt M, (ed.), Shickle D, (ed.). The right to know and the right not to know: genetic privacy and responsibility. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 216 p. (Bioethics and Law).

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Chadwick, Ruth (Editor) ; Levitt, Mairi (Editor) ; Shickle, Darren (Editor). / The right to know and the right not to know : genetic privacy and responsibility. 2nd ed. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2014. 216 p. (Bioethics and Law).

Bibtex

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