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 …

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 …

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 …

Confidentiality in genetic testing posesimportant ethical challenges to the currentprimacy of
respect for autonomy and patientchoice in health care. It also presents achallenge to …

As genetic testing becomes more commonplace, medicine will likely face both family and
individual demands for access to, and control of, test result information. Past research has …

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The article explores in the context of the duty of confidentiality the ethical and legal
dilemmas posed for the doctor holding a patient's genetic information where there are two …

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

For moral philosophers and lawyers one of the most embarrassing characteristics of
genetics is that it touches intergenerational problems. It follows from the intergenerational …

The progress of genetic knowledge magnifies existing ethical problems in medical genetics.
Among the most troubling types of problems-for medicine, patients, and the larger society …