Keeping Quiet About Genetic Risk

Update: 2023-03-29

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Failing to protect people at risk for genetic disease from discrimination may have a silencing effect and erode trust in the patient-provider relationship. Read by author Susanna Smith.

This article is a reworked excerpt from an unpublished book manuscript.

If you enjoy this essay, order the Health Affairs March 2023 issue.

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Keeping Quiet About Genetic Risk