Health System Implications of Direct-to-Consumer Personal Genome Testing

作者：McGuire Amy L^*; Burke Wylie

来源：Public Health Genomics, 2011, 14(1): 53-58.

DOI：10.1159/000321962

• Consumer safety
• DNA test kit
• Personal genome testing
• direct-to-consumer

Direct-to-consumer personal genome testing is now widely available to consumers. Proponents argue that knowledge is power but critics worry about consumer safety and potential harms resulting from misinterpretation of test information. In this article, we consider the health system implications of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing, focusing on issues of accountability, both corporate and professional.

• 出版日期2011