Legal update: living with the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act

Cheryl Erwin1

  • 1John P. McGovern, MD Center for Health, Humanities, and the Human Spirit, Department of Family Medicine, University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. cheryl.erwin@uth.tmc.edu

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