Should doctors have a legal duty to warn relatives of their genetic risks?

Should doctors have a legal duty to warn relatives of their genetic risks?

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Peer-reviewed

Repository URI

https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/300552

Repository DOI

https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.47626

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Authors

Middleton, Anna

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3103-8098

Milne, Richard

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8770-2384

Robarts, Lauren

Roberts, Jonathan

Patch, Christine

Keywords

Confidentiality, Duty to Warn, England, Ethics, Medical, Genetic Counseling, Genetic Diseases, Inborn, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Liability, Legal, Physician's Role, Public Opinion, State Medicine

Journal Title

Lancet

Journal ISSN

0140-6736
1474-547X

Volume Title

394

Publisher

Elsevier BV

Publisher DOI

https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(19)32941-1

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