Rational Suicide and Predictive Genetic Testing
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Publication Title
Journal of Clinical Ethics
Keywords
genetic testing, suicide, Huntington's disease, Alzheimer's disease
Abstract
In this article, I argue that suicide is one rational response to the knowledge that one will have Huntington's disease or Alzheimer's disease, and that the appropriateness of this choice needs to be part of deliberations on the development and use of genetic tests for these diseases.
Repository Citation
Dena S. Davis, Rational Suicide and Predictive Genetic Testing, 10 Journal of Clinical Ethics 316 (1999)
Volume
10