When misattributed paternity is discovered in the course of genetic testing, a genetic
counselor is presented with a dilemma concerning whether to reveal this information to the …

Against a background of increasing regulation regarding access to medical information and
the presentation of patients' confidentiality, the case of genetic information raises interesting …

Recent discussions of genetic information have highlighted the need for ethical disclosure
guidelines. For instance, the (Canadian) Royal Commission on New Reproductive …

This chapter will explore the extent to which the familial nature of genetic information creates
an ethical problem for our current conceptions of informed consent in the context of genetic …

In my admittedly limited reading on genetic counseling, I have been struck by genetic
counselors' preoccupation with the question of how much authority they should exercise in …

In this article, Cara Dunne and Catherine Warren challenge the current role of genetic
counselors in advising expectant mothers about potential genetic defects of their fetuses …

The ASHG statement on “Professional Disclosure of Familial Genetic Information”(American
Society of Human Genetics Social Issues Subcommittee on Familial Disclosure 1998) …

ABSTRACT In 1994, the Committee on Assessing Genetic Risks of the Institute of Medicine
published their recommendations regarding the ethical issues raised by advances in …

The increasing availability of personal genetic information (a term that we will have to
define) creates situations containing challenging, sometimes even morally coercive …

In genetic medicine, a patient's diagnosis can mean their family members are also at risk,
raising a question about how consent and confidentiality should function in clinical genetics …