Abstract
Australian clinical geneticists work very much within the traditional Western framework of medical ethics, in that their main focus is on individual welfare, rather than social goals.
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Wertz, D.C., Fletcher, J.C. (2004). Geneticists Speak Out: Culture, Ethics, and History. In: Genetics and Ethics in Global Perspective. International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New Medicine, vol 17. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0981-2_9
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