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Nature 395, 317 (24 September 1998) | doi:10.1038/26322

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Restrict genetic susceptibility tests

Sandy Thomas, Director1, Fiona Caldicott, Chairman of the Nuffield Council on Bioethics Working party on Mental Disorders and Genetics2, Chris Barchard2, Rachel Bartlett1, John Haldane2, Sonia Hornby2, Peter McGuffin2, Nigel Pleming2, Martin Richards2, Pamela Taylor2, Andrew Wilkie2 & Sally Young2

  1. Nuffield Council on Bioethics, 28 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3EG, UK
  2. Member of the Working Party

Given the extent of current research into both genetics and mental disorders, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics has undertaken an inquiry into issues raised when these fields come together. The report, 'Mental disorders and genetics: the ethical context'1, published on 23 September, is primarily concerned with whole persons and not simply with their genes.