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The study of rhetoric has played an important role on the social implications of medical genetics, and its efficacy can be viewed through a brief comparison of the rhetorical and deconstructivist approaches of genetic medicine. Arguments have been raised on the emergence of medical genetics. One is that it encourages a biologically deterministic way of thinking, while another argument is that it enhances discriminatory thought. A rhetorical analysis of genetic medicine has focused on the field's discourses using a systematic survey of randomly selected magazines on genetics.