کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
3438815 1595002 2008 4 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Genetic testing and breach of patient confidentiality: law, ethics, and pragmatics
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی پزشکی و دندانپزشکی (عمومی)
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Genetic testing and breach of patient confidentiality: law, ethics, and pragmatics
چکیده انگلیسی
Medical uses of genetic information have multiplied over the last several years. When an individual is a carrier of a clinically important allele, their kindred are at increased risk of carrying the same allele and of sharing the consequent risk of disease. If there were an intervention that could modify the risk of progression to disease, then there would be a clear advantage to kindred to be so informed. However, some probands may resist divulging that information to kindred for any of a variety of reasons, including the potential for discrimination. In this article we will review the manner in which the courts and professional organizations have viewed the conflict between 1 individual's right to privacy and another's right to information that could potentially be life saving or life prolonging. We will then consider the ethics of this issue and suggest an approach that physicians should take when confronting it.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - Volume 198, Issue 5, May 2008, Pages 498.e1-498.e4
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