One of the most difficult issues doctors face is a conflict between their professional duties.
Such a conflict may arise when doctors know that information has implications not only for …

Communicating genetic information to family members has been the subject of an extensive
debate recently in bioethics and law. In this context, the extent of the relatives' right to know …

Much ink has been spilled discussing the ramifi cations of genetic advances for individuals,
communities, and society at large. A central concern has been the problem of regulating …

Where do a doctor's responsibilities lie in communicating diagnostic and predictive genetic
information to a patient's family members? On the one hand, a patient may wish to retain …

Developments in genetics have been accompanied by, or have perhaps even instigated, a
shift in medical ethics. Stalwart ethical principles of the second half of the twentieth century …

The emerging international biomedical law tends to recognise the right not to know one's
genetic status. However, the basis and conditions for the exercise of this right remain …

This paper explores two contrasting approaches to policy making on genetic testing and the
control and use of human tissue and genetic information, especially in the intra-familial …

It has been predicted that the focus of legal liability as it relates to genetic screening will shift
from quality-control issues to issues involving genetic information.'If this prediction holds …

In June 1999, the European Journal of Health Law published an article, by Graeme Laurie,
on the right of the relatives of a patient not to know genetic information not only concerning …

In this paper we question whether the concept of" genetic privacy" is a contradiction in terms.
And, if so, whether the implications of such a conclusion, inevitably impact on how society …