David Doukas and Jessica Berg's (2001) proposal for the use of a family covenant in genetic
testing has promise in helping ensure that genetic information with important consequences …

The fact that genetic information about one person can be of value to others poses an
important challenge to the primacy of respect for the principle of autonomy in medicine …

Family physicians will often have access to confidential information relating to one patient
that is relevant to the care of another family member who is also their patient. This puts the …

Genetic testing can have implications for one's entire family. Whether one learns of a
predisposition to a health risk or that one actually has (or will have) a genetic disease …

In his article “A Defense of Unqualified Medical Confidentiality,” Kipnis provides a
persuasive argument as to why maintaining unqualified confidentiality is the most effective …

of questionable value) than I am concerned that pieces of genetic information will be
withheld. In Japan the Genetics Society has recommended that such cases go before an …

This chapter contains sections titled: The Importance of Medical Confidentiality Important but
not Absolute Protection of Third Party Interests/Welfare Genetic Testing Respect for …

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

Following the World Medical Association's brief declaration on genetic counselling and
genetic engineering (1), Dr Richard West offers in this issue of the journal a resume of areas …

The family covenant proposed by Doukas and Berg (2001) is a welcome idea, for several
reasons. The issue of disclosure to family is one of the most ethically troubling in clinical …