An unwelcome side effect of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing: raiding the medical commons.

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Published in JAMA on December 10, 2008

Authors

Amy L McGuire1, Wylie Burke

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Baylor College of Medicine, One Baylor Plaza, MS 420, Houston, TX 77030, USA. amcguire@bcm.edu

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