ArticleJournal of medical ethics2019
Familial genetic risks: how can we better navigate patient confidentiality and appropriate risk disclosure to relatives?
Article in Journal of medical ethics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers.
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- "If relatives inherited the gene, they should inherit the data." Bringing the family into the room where bioethics happens.New genetics and society · 2022Article
- To use or not to use? an ethical analysis of access to data and samples of a deceased patient for genetic diagnostic and research purposes.Journal of medical ethics and history of medicine · 2022Article
- A genetic researcher's devil's dilemma: Warn relatives about their genetic risk or respect confidentiality agreements with research participants?BMC medical ethics · 2021Article
- Healthcare professionals' responsibility for informing relatives at risk of hereditary disease.Journal of medical ethics · 2020Article
- Disclosure to genetic relatives without consent - Australian genetic professionals' awareness of the health privacy law.BMC medical ethics · 2020Article
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Abstract
This article investigates a high-profile and ongoing dilemma for healthcare professionals (HCPs), namely whether the existence of a (legal) duty of care to genetic relatives of a patient is a help or a hindrance in deciding what to do in cases where a patient's genetic information may have relevance to the health of the patient's family members. The English case
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