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Health care implications of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act

Protection for Canadians’ genetic information

James S. Cowan, Barbara Laine Kagedan, Gail E. Graham, Bev Heim-Myers and Yvonne Bombard
Canadian Family Physician September 2022; 68 (9) 643-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6809643
James S. Cowan
Retired Senator of the Senate of Canada.
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Barbara Laine Kagedan
Retired Director of Policy to Senator Cowan.
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Gail E. Graham
Retired Chief of the Department of Genetics at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario in Ottawa.
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Past Chief Executive Officer of the Huntington Society of Canada and Chair of the Canadian Coalition for Genetic Fairness in Waterloo, Ont.
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Yvonne Bombard
Associate Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto in Ontario and Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St Michael’s Hospital Unity Health Toronto.
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Health care implications of the Genetic Non-Discrimination Act
James S. Cowan, Barbara Laine Kagedan, Gail E. Graham, Bev Heim-Myers, Yvonne Bombard
Canadian Family Physician Sep 2022, 68 (9) 643-646; DOI: 10.46747/cfp.6809643

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