The evolving duty to disclose the presence of genetic disease to relatives

Academic Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 962-968

  Deftos, Leonard J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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ARTICLE; CANCER FAMILY; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CONFIDENTIALITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENETIC DISORDER; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICOLEGAL ASPECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL SECRECY; RELATIVE; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0031714011     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-199809000-00014     Document Type: Article

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