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Edited by Robert T. Croyle. 218 pp. New York, Oxford University Press, 1995. $39.95. ISBN 0-19-507556-0.

It may not be too long before the entire range of information in our genomes can be downloaded onto magnetic cards we can keep in our wallets. We may then be able to obtain information about our medical future in the form of several hundred selected indicators of risk. What would one possibly do with such information? And how could it be protected from scrutiny by others?

These questions will be increasingly pertinent in the coming years. The answers are entirely independent of the technology bringing us to this pass. The technology now produces a flow of information that even . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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